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Contemporary African art My private collection of Onyema Offoedu-Okeke

This book presents the creative work of Onyema Offoedu-Okeke, a contemporary artist who lives and works in Nigeria. Onyema, who originally trained as an architect, draws his inspiration largely from traditional Igbo culture, folklore, rituals and other African elements.

Onyema Offoedu-Okeke The Luminous
Painter – Okey Anueyiagu

Onyema Offoedu‐Okeke, an architect by training,
is a self‐taught artist who at the beginning of his
painting career, was considered an outsider, and
was left out of the cannon of progressive Nigerian
painters. His lack of formal art school training, in so
many ways subordinated and or eroticized his
works in the eyes of art critics and admirers.

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THE BEAUTIFUL AND CREATIVE MIND OF KRYDZ IKWUEMESI

In this brief critical comments about Professor Krydz Ikwumesi and his work, I am constrained by space, but will illustration with illumination, my recognition of the eloquence of his work, his diligence and his fearless versatility and creative endeavours throughout his career.

THE ART OF WATCH COLLECTION

My fascination for wrist watches dates back to my childhood. From a few collections in my father’s possession, to the various broken watches that adorned the watch repairer’s corner shops, I became very intrigued with the designs and intricacies of these essential luxuries.

SHORT NOTES BY DR. OKEY ANUEYIAGU
at The Society For Art Colloquium Lagos, February 2020.

“Medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for” John Keating

THE POWER OF ART IN OUR UGLY WORLD

May I welcome you to our 1st Quarter Newsletter for 2024. Our last Newsletter of 2023, had a range of very exciting features that elicited many positive responses from our members, our readers, and from members of the art world. We thank all of you for the many accolades we received, as we are encouraged to do better.

Interview of Dr. Okey Anueyiagu on Modern Art
By Prof. Chuu Krydz Ikwuemes
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This book presents the creative work of Onyema Offoedu-Okeke, a contemporary artist who lives and works in Nigeria. Onyema, who originally trained as an architect, draws his inspiration largely from traditional Igbo culture, folklore, rituals and other African elements.

Dr. Okey Anueyiagu & The Society For Art
Collection

Welcome to Society for Art Collection’s Newsletter. This issue presents an exceptional compilation of some of our activities during these trying and difficult times in our world’s history. The pandemic, social unrest, terrorism. hunger, poverty and other issues have plagued us in the last few years.

African Passage Six Nigerian Artists at the Air Gallery,
London September 16-27, 2003

Following a visit to my Lagos residence by William Oulline, Chairman of Barclays Private Banking International, and Richard Howarth, an Executive of Barclays Private Bank, and a brief viewing of some of my collection of contemporary African art, the idea of someday hosting an exhibition to showcase the multiple talents of these artists was conceived.