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Bibi, an energetic Nigerian artist, was born in Lagos as Bridget Oronya
in 1986. Bibi and her sisters showed their creative abilities as children by
drawing and creating people out of paper and using cigarette wrappers to
design clothes for them. They used to create whole families and scenes
depicting those people’s daily lives and how they took care of each other.
These are themes that often return in Bibi’s work today. Due to the
political situation in Nigeria in the early 1990s, Bibi and her sisters were
sent to Ivory Coast in 1993 for six months and the young girls’ journey back
to Nigeria still inspires Bibi in her work.
Bibi combines different styles. She works with oil and glue on canvas, with
ink and, in fact, with any material that fits her creative style of the
moment. Her work is difficult to describe in just a few words: it varies
from traditional to modern African, from semi-abstract to abstract or
symbolic, from rough to extremely elegant. But all of it is very colourful
in a relaxing way. It is art with a feminine touch! Enjoy…
See also:
www.paintingbibi.org
The paintings are on display in the corridors and the library of the
African Studies Centre in the Pieter de la Court building, Wassenaarseweg
52, Leiden. They are for sale, with prices ranging from €100 to €650. The
exhibition is open weekdays from 9:00–17:00 until 24 December 2009. Feel
free to come and take a look.
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Greed (€ 500) |
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Let the sun be our guide (€ 450) |
Portrait of a lady (€ 550) |
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