Benedict Chukwukadibia Enwonwu M.B.E (Nigerian, 1917-1994) Africa Dances, Oil, 1975
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- [of Dance] by tracking the body in its motions through space, using fractal surfaces and many figures to convey the idea of vigorous movement, which carried the eye in quick jumps to multiple points of focus.' (S
- Ogbechie, p. 190) A later work completed by the artist, Enwonwu created the present work in 1975 during his final year serving as a Professor of Fine Arts at the University of Ife
- The first Nigerian to hold the post, he actively participated in discussions concerning the nature of postcolonial African culture following the country's independence from the United Kingdom in 1960
- Enwonwu championed the anticolonial ideologies associated with the Negritude movement, particularly the value of a Pan-African aesthetic advocated for by Léopold Sédar Senghor to formulate a black cultural identity rooted in indigenous traditions
- Ogbechie, Ben Enwonwu: The Making of an African Modernist, (Rochester, 2008)
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