Discover the significance of Curriculum Design Workshops in Nigeria and their impact on educational advancement.
Discover the significance of Curriculum Design Workshops in Nigeria and their impact on educational advancement.
Adire textile is the indigo dyed cloth made in south western Nigeria by Yoruba women, using a variety of resist dye techniques. In th...
Yinka Adeyemi (born 1945, Iragjibi, Nigeria) Fulani Maidens. Signed and dated 1970, lr. inscribed, ll. linocut on paper good, strong impression. Linocut, also known as lino print, lino printing or linoleum art, is a printmaking technique, a variant of woodcut in which a sheet of linoleum (sometimes mounted on a wooden block) is used for a relief surface. A design is cut into the linoleum surface with a sharp knife, V-shaped chisel or gouge, with the raised (uncarved) areas representing a reversal (mirror image) of the parts to show printed. The linoleum sheet is inked with a roller (called a brayer), and then impressed onto paper or fabric. The actual printing can be done by hand or with a printing press. Framed and glazed, with label of Semage & Co., Picture Framers, 70 Prince St., Pettah [Ceylon] to verso not examined out of frame. Size: 23"- inches x 17 1/4"- inches (58 1/2 x 43.8 cm.) Frame: 24"- inches x 18"- inches (61 x 45.7 cm.) Full name, Adeyinka Ajayi Adeyemi, born 1945 Iragjibi, Oshun State-Nigeria. In 1963 Adeyemi joined the Duro Lapido National Theatre and traveled with the group to the Berlin Festival of Arts, Germany; in 1964 to The Commonwealth Festival of Arts in Britain. In 1965 he went to The Netherlands and Belgium. He was cultural assistant at the University of Ife Cultural Center 1968, participated in the World of Art Workshop organized by the German Cultural Center, Lagos, 1969. Coll.:Smithsonian National Museum of African art, part of the Wil and Irene Petty Collection of Important African Art.
