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Ive eji abu Erika
Nwa onyeze aroli
Proudly onye Onicha
He was a great man

Thank you Naptu2
Seen many of his works all over, but I nevee knew who tge great mind behind them was until now

Read about him during fine art days in school.

Kingson28:
People should be bothered whether he has been RESTING in Paradise for 31 years since he died, or he has been ROASTING in Hell Fire 🔥 for 31 years and counting...

Sigh..!!!!

Thank you Naptu2.

I love art works, I don't know why.

Please I have a question
When these BRITISH PEOPLE arrive Nigeria did they ever enter with Passports?
Who stamped their Visas (if they actually had one)
Where they treated as documented or undocumented residents?
Did we ever seek their partnership to come into Nigeria to order our steps .?

These were phucking INVADERS...
😭😭😭😭😭😭.
Not only did they invaded our space, but they coerced us into believing that English was the only way to assess Intelligent quotient.
And our natives who couldn't speak English were treated as unintelligent and such still holds water till date.😭😭😭

I'm weeping presently 😭😭😭

meobizy:
Mscheew. Typical of Nigerians to celebrate someone only when he or she no longer exists.

What if I tell you he was well celebrated while alive heard his story from my father

He's dead over 30 years ago

Gone but not forgotten

naptu2:
2019 New York Times article.



https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/24/arts/ben-enwonwu-artist-africa.html

This man deserves the accolades and should be celebrated.

When Nigeria was a working nation and our best brains stayed in Nigeria those days seems like a million years ago. May the good days come back

His daughter, Benita Enwonwu, acted in the famous Joy Soap advert of the 1980s.

naptu2:
His daughter, Benita Enwonwu, acted in the famous Joy Soap advert of the 1980s.

That Sango sculpture reminds me of Thor.


All of them na still gods of Thunder.
This should be long before Thor Marvel series was produced I believe.

naptu2:
Professor Ben Enwonwu's masterpiece, Tutu, was sold for over a million pounds sterling in 2018

Is there a foundation or trust fund where the monies realised from the sales go to?

ChiefOkporghe:
That Sango sculpture reminds me of Thor.


All of them na still gods of Thunder.
This should be long before Thor Marvel series was produced I believe.

Thor is from Norse mythology, while Sango is Yoruba mythology

Ishilove:
Is there a foundation or trust fund where the monies realised from the sales go to?

The money goes to the owner of the artwork at the time that it was sold.

However, there is a Ben Enwonwu Foundation that was set up to preserve his legacy.

https://benenwonwufoundation.org/

He did all this things in the 60's...? That's surprising to know

naptu2:
His daughter, Benita Enwonwu, acted in the famous Joy Soap advert of the 1980s.

which of the Joy soap advert?

Preservation of public works of art in Nigeria

This first came to my attention due to complaints from friends and I have seen many people complain about it since then.

Some people have complained that the Sango statue at Marina has been painted. It was originally black, but now it has a gold/bronze colour.

They also complained that the statues of horses at Tafawa Balewa Square, which were white, were painted silver.

Worse still, the iconic gate at Tafawa Balewa Square, which was made by the late great Paul Mount, who started the art school at the Yaba College of Technology, was being destroyed. Luckily the Society of Nigerian Artists and the National Commission for Museums and Monuments intervened and they were able to salvage the remnants of the gate.

The equestrian statue of Queen Amina, which was made by Professor Ben Ekanem in 1977 and mounted at the National Theater, was removed and replaced with (a smaller and inferior) an unsigned copy.

There was an outcry recently because someone had painted over the iconic statue of Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe, which was made by Professor Ben Enwonwu in 1960 and mounted at Onitsha.

Of course we cannot forget about the destruction of the historically significant Ilojo Bar. That building was constructed in the 1800s and it was an iconic example of Popo Aguda architecture, but it was demolished by the developer in the 2010s.

It is very important that people that care for public works of art and historically significant places should consult the National Commission for Museums and Monuments and the Society of Nigerian Artists before they attempt to maintain or alter these works in any way.

joseph1832:
which of the Joy soap advert?

Joy Girl (1980)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sun5OTDAHIY?si=3sJeNLD38hqIO08W

naptu2:
Joy Girl (1980)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sun5OTDAHIY?si=3sJeNLD38hqIO08W

Oh. I was thinking this particular girl was a one time Miss Nigeria?

joseph1832:
Oh. I was thinking this particular girl was a one time Miss Nigeria?

I'm not sure if she took part in Miss Nigeria, she might have. Her name is Benita Edith Uzoamaka Enwonwu. She's an actress and model.

Unfortunately I can't post more photos, but this (her Twitter account) should give you an idea of how she looks now.

https://x.com/joygirlforlife?t=hFNOTARR61ZJfLZvGTpw6g&s=09

bigpicture001:
He did all this things in the 60's...? That's surprising to know

From the late 1950s till the early 1990s.

Ishilove:
Thor is from Norse mythology, while Sango is Yoruba mythology

I know.
I'm just looking at how movies have been created around the Norse Mythology and we haven't done so for our own.
And it is similar depictions.

In fact, in the Avengers: End Game, Thor used an axe instead of hammer....here is Sango with an axe.

naptu2:
The money goes to the owner of the artwork at the time that it was sold.

However, there is a Ben Enwonwu Foundation that was set up to preserve his legacy.

https://benenwonwufoundation.org/

Since Ben Enwonwu is deceased, I am assuming the money goes to his family?

Ishilove:
Since Ben Enwonwu is deceased, I am assuming the money goes to his family?

Let me explain it this way.

If you got Ben Enwonwu to make a painting or statue for you and you paid him or he gave you as a gift, then the painting or statue belongs to you.

You or your descendants could sell the painting or statue for millions of dollars decades later. The money would go to you, because you are the owner of the artwork, and the auction house would get a commission for helping you sell it.

naptu2:
Let me explain it this way.

If you got Ben Enwonwu to make a painting or statue for you and you paid him or he gave you as a gift, then the painting or statue belongs to you.

You or your descendants could sell the painting or statue for millions of dollars decades later. The money would go to you, because you are the owner of the artwork, and the auction house would get a commission for helping you sell it.

ohhh, now i understand...

thank you

rummmy:
He didn't make his own sculpture.
Who did he mentor.,?

Actually a lot, I read a news story about him having numerous apprentices. I was wondering myself where they all are.

ChiefOkporghe:
I know.
I'm just looking at how movies have been created around the Norse Mythology and we haven't done so for our own.
And it is similar depictions.

In fact, in the Avengers: End Game, Thor used an axe instead of hammer....here is Sango with an axe.

Actually we have done plays and a movie (by Even Ezra Studios), which were well received. A bigger budget reimagining now would be cool.

What are we doing with statue of Queen of thieves Elizabeth? Colonial mentality

I forgot to include the chapel doors!

I'll post pictures of them tomorrow (hoepfully they'll attach).

joshkke:
Actually we have done plays and a movie (by Even Ezra Studios), which were well received. A bigger budget reimagining now would be cool.

Oh... that's lovely.
Will check it out.

Nigeria was a nation that had so much potential to develop into a functioning state unfortunately it has failed to work.

Karlovich:
Hmm, wonderful! His achievements gave Awo depression such that he started wasting the treasury money as finance minister to educate his people. The worst was that it was dunderheards like the one he sent to Chicago that benefitted from such frivolous expenditures.

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