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DiaporamaThe Birds of Paradise
Oil On Canvas- WallArt
- Surrealism
1996- Contemporary
71.0 x 43.0 cm
Yemisi Shyllon Museum of Art
adekunle makanjuola adegborioye (1966 –)
Nigerian artist Adekunle Makanjuola Adegborioye blends vibrant colors & sculpture to capture Nigeria's social shifts. Explore his unique style reflecting culture & history.
Yemisi Shyllon Museum of Art (Lagos, Nigeria)
Discover Nigeria’s artistic heritage at Yemisi Shyllon Museum of Art! Explore over 1000 artworks, including sculptures & paintings by renowned artists like Ben Enwonwu & El Anatsui. First university museum with inspiring exhibitions.
Born in 1966, Kunle Adegborioye is a Nigerian post-war and contemporary painter. He studied painting at the Yaba College of Technology, Lagos and printmaking in the UK. He was greatly influenced by the growing urbanization and the political modifications ongoing in the period of the 1980s. This period was significant to his career as an artist as it caught him between two worlds, Nigeria and Britain where he lived. Thus, he creates works which express his nostalgia for his home country Nigeria as well as other ideas of significance. In The Birds of Paradise, he portrays five parrots in a surrealistic fashion. Their cluster in a certain position leaves much to the viewer’s imagination. The repeated pattern of leaves creates a mass of foliage and shrubs. The artist employs the use of controlled strokes in depicting the leaves which the feathers of the birds easily blend in with although it is of a different color. The eyes of the birds take a sneak peek at the viewer as they stare in blunt confusion.
About this artwork
- Title: The Birds of Paradise
- Artist: adekunle makanjuola adegborioye
- Year: 1996
- Original dimensions: 71.0 x 43.0 cm
- Format: Tall
- Copyright status: Under copyright
- Where to see it: Yemisi Shyllon Museum of Art
- Period: Contemporary
- Creative period: Post-War Contemporary
- Purpose: Focal
Quick Facts
- Dimensions: 71 x 43 cm
- Subject or theme: Parrots in lush tropical foliage
- Medium: Oil paint on canvas
- Notable elements or techniques: Controlled strokes, saturated colors
- Artistic style: Impressionistic realism, Surrealism
- Year: 1996
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