Uzo Egonu

Uzo Egonu // ⓘ (25 December 1931 – 14 August 1996) na he be Nigerian-born artist wey settle insyd Britain insyd de 1940s,"Uzo Egonu", Diaspora Artists. only once wey he return go ein homeland for two days insyd de 1970s,Ulrich Clewing, "Three hues for Piccadilly Circus" Archived 16 October 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Culturebase.net, 22 June 2003. although he remain concerned plus African political struggles."Uzo Egonu, Artist", InIVA. According to Rasheed Araeen, na Egonu "perhaps be de first person from Africa, Asia anaa de Caribbean wey cam Britain after de War plus de sole intention say he go cam turn artist."Rasheed Araeen, "Recovering Cultural Metaphors", The Other Story catalog, 1989, p. 86. According to critic Molara Wood, "Egonu ein work merge European den Igbo traditions but chaw significantly, place Africa as de touchstone of modernism. In combining de visual languages of Western den African art, he help redefine de boundaries of modernism, thereby e challenge de European myth of de naïve, primitive African artist.""Molara Wood, "Uzo Egonu's Vision of London", 30 September 2005. First published in The Guardian, Lagos, on 19 December 2004.

 Ein Biography 
Dem born am insyd Onitsha, Nigeria, na Egonu dey ein early teens wey for 1945 he first travel go England. He already start dey draw as na he dey attend Sacred Heart College, Calabar,Rasheed Araeen, "Uzo Egonu 1931–1996", Third Text, Volume 10, Issue 36, 1996, pp. 105–106. DOI:10.1080/09528829608576634. before he lef go UK, he eventually study Fine Arts den Typography for Camberwell School of Arts den Crafts, London, from 1949 go 1952," The Creative Case for Diversity in Britain > Further reading on the Artists", Third Text: Critical Perspectives on Contemporary Art and Culture. wey he go participate insyd sam number of exhibitions.

For later years insyd he suffer two heart attacks den deteriorating eyesight, wey for 14 August 1996 insyd he die for London."Monographs on African Artists| Egonu, Uzo, 1931–1996", Smithsonian Libraries.

 Ein Style den legacy 
De subject of study by Olu Oguibe entitled Uzo Egonu: An African Artist insyd de West (1995), dem sana dey Egonu sana dey describe  as "perhaps Africa ein greatest modern painter"."EGONU, Uzo - Artist Profile (1931 – 1996)" Archived 2 August 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Grosvenor Gallery. Eddie Chambers comment for Egonu ein "remarkable ability say he go fi render landscapes den cityscapes as compelling den fascinating geometrical configurations, each very different insyd ein representational aspects."Chambers (2014), p. 60. Ein work feature insyd de 2015–16 exhibition No Colour Bar: Black British Art in Action 1960–1990 for de Guildhall Art Gallery, City of London.FHALMA (Friends of the Huntley Archives) at London Metropolitan Archives, "The Artists' Profiles" Archived 25 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Huntleys Online.

 Ein Selected exhibitions 

 Ein Solo

 2004: Uzo Egonu ein London, Museum of London, London
 1997: Uzo Egonu: Past den Present insyd de Diaspora, InIVA"Uzo Egonu: Past and Present in the Diaspora", InIVA (11 October – 13 June).
 1986: Uzo Egonu Now 1986: Stateless People, Royal Festival Hall, London

 Ein Group

 2015: No Colour Bar: Black British Art insyd Action 1960–1990, Guildhall Art Gallery, London
 2001: De Short Century, Villa Stuck, Munich, Germany; House of World Cultures, Berlin, Germany
 1997: Transforming de Crown: African, Asian den Caribbean Artists insyd Britain 1966–1996, New York CityChambers (2014), pp. 6, 8.Holland Cotter, "ART REVIEW; This Realm of Newcomers, This England", The New York Times, 24 October 1997.
 1990: Herbert Art Gallery den Museum, Coventry
 1989: De Other Story: Afro-Asian Artists insyd Post-War Britain, Hayward Gallery, London
 1986: Third World Within, Brixton Art Gallery, London (31 March–22 April)Chambers (2014), p. 49.
 1975: Ljubljana Graphic Art Biennial, Graphic Art Biennial, Ljubljana, Slovenia
 1973: Commonwealth Institute Art Gallery, London

 References 
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Category:1931 births
Category:1996 deaths
Category:Nigerian artists

 Read further 

 Eddie Chambers, "Uzo Egonu den Contemporary African Art insyd Britain, insyd Black Artists insyd British Art: A History Since de 1950s, I.B. Tauris, 2014, pp. 56–73.  .
 Olu Oguibe, Uzo Egonu: An African Artist insyd de West, Third Text Publications, 1995.  ISBN 978-0947753085.

 External links 

 Layla Gatens, "Artistic Insight: Uzo Egonu", NoColourBar blog, 5 November 2015.
 Uzo Egonu works at De Tate.

Category:Nigerian people
Category:Alumni of Camberwell College of Arts
Category:Artists wey komot Onitsha
Category:Black British artists
Category:Nigerian artists
Category:British people of Nigerian descent