Wakandan National Gallery - Birnin Zana

25/08/2022

BISA BUTLER – “Anaya with Oranges” (2017). Dimmitt Davies Collection.

29/08/2020

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20/07/2020

As we , we asked YOU to suggest artworks that you wanted to know more about from permanent collection. Kadir Nelson’s “Hole in the Roof” was suggested by Christopher L. Jay of Shreveport-Bossier Convention and Tourist Bureau.
Four dapper young chaps. Six pools of water. A cozy bedroom... and a hole in the roof. Nelson’s provocative painting, “A Hole in the Roof” creates a space for a conversation full of hyperbole.
Kadir Nelson began drawing at the age of three, displaying artistic acumen before he could write or spell. “I have always been an artist,” Nelson explains. “It’s part of my DNA.” At age eleven, Kadir Nelson was apprenticed by his uncle Michael Morris, an artist and art instructor. “My uncle gave me my foundation in art,” says the artist. Kadir Nelson experimented with several different media and later began painting in oils at the age of sixteen under the encouragement and tutelage of both his uncle and high school art teacher. He began entering his paintings in art competitions and ultimately won an art scholarship to study at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY. Upon graduating with honors, Kadir Nelson began his professional career as an artist. His paintings are in the private and public permanent collections of several notable institutions including the Muskegon Museum of Art, The National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, the International Olympic Committee, the US House of Representatives and the R.W. Norton Art Gallery just to name a few.
Nelson has also authored and illustrated several award–winning NYT Best–Selling picture books including, “WE ARE THE SHIP: The Story of Negro League Baseball” and “Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans.”
Nelson states, “I feel that art’s highest function is that of a mirror, reflecting the innermost beauty and divinity of the human spirit; and is most effective when it calls the viewer to remember one’s highest self. I choose subject matter that has emotional and spiritual resonance and focuses on the journey of the hero as it relates to the personal and collective stories of people.”
Shown: “Hole in the Roof” by Kadir Nelson (2014), Oil on Canvas, 60" x 72”

01/02/2020

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Artist Kehinde Wiley discusses creating the official portrait of the first African-American president and explains the symbolism behind some of his other fam...

02/01/2020

Famed hyper realist artist Kareem Waris Olamilekan triumphed over 2,723 international candidates to win Taiwan’s 22nd Fervent Global Love of Lives Award.

13/11/2019

07/01/2019

Every photo of her artwork you will then see after shows that she is truly one artist living out loud throught her unique creativity. Her artoworks done with pieces of Ankara materials are particularly striking - they are simple, relatable and sometimes with a powerful message behind them.

19/07/2018