Nigerian
Tayo Adenaike
Nsukka School (Uli)
Works
The movement
Nsukka School (Uli)
1970s onwards · University of Nigeria, Nsukka · Nigeria
Artists teaching and studying at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, who took the uli and nsibidi drawing and body-painting traditions of Igbo women into painting, drawing and sculpture. From 1985 many of them also exhibited together as the Aka Circle of Exhibiting Artists.
What to look for
Spare, flowing uli line; open space in the picture; nsibidi signs; monochrome and earth colours; later, found and recycled materials in sculpture.
Masters of the school
- Uche Okeke reference ↗
- Obiora Udechukwu
- El Anatsui reference ↗
- Chike Aniakor reference ↗
- Olu Oguibe reference ↗
- Tayo Adenaike
- Ifeoma Anyaeji reference ↗