Two Friends and a Bird
Artist: Moyo Okediji
Title: Two Friends and a Bird
Medium: Terracotta
Date: 2010
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Artist: Moyo Okediji
Title: Two Friends and a Bird
Medium: Terracotta
Date: 2010
With Jelili Atiku’s sculpture of Mandela and wearing Luis Emilio Marin’s Esu figure in my office today, University of Texas at Austin.
My Nigerian friends are going to be so scared!!!!
In front of my latest work, titled GOLD MINE
Terrachroma on canva
Artist: Moyo Okediji
Title: Orò Ilé
Medium: terracotta
Date: 2010
Another painting that I just extracted from my garage is this dark work.
There is an interesting story behind it.
In the year 2000 or 2001, the British Museum invited me to give a lecture as part of the ceremonies held in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, and also to mark the completion of the Great Court built as an extension of the main museum building. They wanted me to address the body as my topic.
A gigantic library has erupted in flames.
There was no digital archive.
The Incompatibility of Love and Fear