Wande George: The Awakening for_sale symbolic works reflect Yoruba heritage

symbolic works reflect Yoruba heritage

A call for self-reflection and freedom from the bondage of living just because

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Tola Wewe has redefined the language of African art over an extraordinary career spanning more than four decades and counting

there is a purpose to discarding ignorance and setting yourself out to see things for what they indeed are

Wande George: The Awakening for_sale symbolic works reflect Yoruba heritageWande Georges painting, The Awakening, , we see a slender figure painted in all white, standing motionless and surrounded by other slender figures painted in colors that complement the environment around them. Uniquely, every figure but the center of attention faces a direction to either side of the canvas. Our center of attraction is facing the audience. In this painting, George modishly employs this dissimilitude to allude to the figure realizing