Open AccessArtistic Activism in Nigeria Art: A Course, a Cause
Author(s) -
John Otu,
Johnson Olarinde Oladesu,
BS Sani
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
afrrev ijah
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2227-5452
pISSN - 2225-8590
DOI - 10.4314/ijah.v4i2.15
Subject(s) - painting , sculpture , assertion , politics , visual arts , corporate governance , the arts , aesthetics , art , sociology , political science , law , management , computer science , economics , programming language
This paper saliently criticizes the thrust of a large number of visual arts of painting and sculpture produced in Nigeria. It is important to note that though some of the artists mentioned in this study make political cartoons that subversively quiz the nation’s politicians and appointees, such artists instead attempts at pleasing their patrons. However, the body of works produced to challenge governance that are equally bought continue to decrease. This article attempts at revealing an insensitivity relying on Chinua Achebe’s assertion on art practice of various platforms that leaves man with his throes without open rebuke.