ART X Lagos: The Exhibition Day 3 (Grand finale)

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By Funmilola Olukomaiya

The excitement from the ART X Lagos 2017 fair which started on Friday, Nov 3rd 2017, continued till Sunday the Nov 5th of Nov which was the grand finale and the last day of the fair.

Sunday experienced the biggest turnout of people from all walks of life to the Civic Center, Victoria Island, Lagos, which played host to the outstanding art fair.

Olu Jacobs and his wife, Joke Silva at Yaw Owusu’s booth.

ART X Lagos 2017 featured exhibiting galleries and artists, special curated projects, a programme of talks, the ART X Prize, and a music show – ART X Live.

The 13 Exhibiting Galleries this year included: Art House – The Space (Nigeria), Bloom Art (Nigeria), Fondation Donwahi (Ivory Coast), Gallery 1957 (Ghana), Galerie Atiss (Senegal), Gallery MAM (Cameroon), Nubuke Foundation (Ghana), Retro Africa (Nigeria), Signature Beyond (Nigeria), SMO Contemporary (Nigeria), Stevenson Gallery (South Africa), TAFETA (United Kingdom), and Tiwani Contemporary (United Kingdom).

Notable artists that were featured for the fair are Nigerian-born, British-based, globally renowned artist and sculptor Yinka Shonibare MBE, as well as Zanele Muholi (South Africa), Jeremiah Quarshie (Ghana), Modupeola Fadugba (Nigeria), Nandipha Mntambo (Swaziland), Virginia Chihota(Zimbabwe), Boris Nzebo (Cameroon), Babajide Olatunji(Nigeria), Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum (Botswana), Amadou Sanogo (Mali) and Portia Zvavahera (Zimbabwe).

In addition, ART X Lagos also invited four independent artists to present a curated selection of their own works and they are: Polly Alakija, Rom Isichei, Lakin Ogunbanwo and Oluseye.

ART X 2017 Lagos fair featured curated projects across performance art, installation, photography and video art, to create a conversational show piece.

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The artists selected by Curator Missla Libsekal, and Founder of art journal Another Africa are: Nástio Mosquito(Angola) and Pere Ortin, Lemi Ghariokwu (Lagos, Nigeria), Yaw Owusu (Accra, Ghana), Rahima Gambo (Abuja, Nigeria), Johnson Uwadinma (Port Harcourt, Nigeria), Olu Amoda(Lagos, Nigeria) and Wura Natasha Ogunji (Nigeria / USA).

Works of Ben Enwonwu MBE on display.

In addition, the Access Bank Collection presented to the general public for the first ever in Nigeria, seven wooden sculptures by Ben Enwonwu MBE, originally commissioned by the Daily Mirror in 1960, to mark the artist’s 100th natal anniversary.

Missla Libsekal curated a programme of talks with Njideka Akunyili Crosby, a Nigerian-born LA-based artist recently shortlisted for the Future Generation Art Prize 2017, and Lemi Ghariokwu, the mastermind behind Afrobeat legend, Fela Kuti’s album artwork.

See some photos from the last day of the exhibition below:

Some works of art on display
Work of art on display.
Yaw Owusu’s work of art on display.

Audience at Lemi Ghariokwu’s booth.
Olatunde Alara’s ‘Smile’ Installation.

ART X Lagos 2017 fair ended with The Collectors’ Series, a special talks program for collectors and VIP guests of the fair.

Photo credit: Ayodele Efunla

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