JSS2 Second Term Creative and Cultural Art (CCA) Lesson Note – Contemporary Nigerian Art and Artists

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WEEK 6

TOPIC: CONTEMPORARY NIGERIAN ART AND ARTISTS

• Contemporary Nigerian Arts.
• Efforts of pioneering Nigerian Artists

Names of Nigerian contemporary Artists

1. Aina Onabolu
2. Akinola Lasekan
3. Ben Enweonwu
4. Etsu Ugbodaga
5. Madam Ladi kwali
6. Bruce Onabrakpeya
7. Lamidi Fakeye.

CONTRIBUTIONS OF NIGERIAN CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS

AINA ONABOLU. 

• He was the father of contemporary Nigerian art
• He introduced art into Nigerian school curriculum
• He was the first Nigerian Art educator
• He encouraged the employment of expatriate art teachers.

AKINOLA LASEKAN

• He was the first Nigerian newspaper cartoonist
• He was a book illustrator.
• He was a textile designer
• He tutored many contemporary artists in Nigeria who became lecturers in some higher institution.

Ben Enwonwu

• He was a painter and sculptor
• He was an adviser to Federal government on art matters.

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