Demas Nwoko (Nigerian, born 1935) Baba Kokoro
Herkunft : Provenance Acquired directly from the artist; A private collection. Demas Nwoko, a leading figure in Nigerian modernism, is best known as a founding member of the Zaria Art Society, a student group at the Nigerian College of Art, Science and Technology, Zaria that became key players in the development of postcolonial modernism in Nigeria in the early 1960s. The groups significance lies in its insistence on developing a new art based on Nigerian and African traditional aesthetics, forms and processes, but with a modernist sensibility similar to that of the European avant-garde. This idea, theorized by his friend, Professor Uche-Okeke, as Natural Synthesis defined Nwoko's work as a painter, sculptor, teacher, theatre director, designer and architect. In this 1965 painting, Nwoko presents an image of reminiscent of the well-known musician and entertainer of the day, Baba Kokoro. Kokoro (Omoba Benjamin Aderounmu, 1925-2009), was a widely known blind entertainer from Lagos, Nigeria. He was born into a royal family in Owo, Ondo State, and became blind when he was aged ten. He developed a unique style of singing accompanied first by a drum, later by a tambourine. He moved to Lagos in 1947, where he became exposed to major local musicians such as Ayinde Bakare, Bobby Benson and Victor Olaiya. In the 1960s and 1970s he featured regularly on Federal and local radio stations and was widely respected for the depth and wisdom of his lyrics. An early pioneer of Jùjú music, he sang in Yoruba about love, money, conflicts and urban decadence.
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