Month: July 1957
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In the Benin tradition: Felix Idubor’s sculpture seen in London
The Illustrated Nondon News, July 27, 1957
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Mentioned in Truth arts column
Truth – Friday 26 July 1957 Idubor (Imperial Institute till Sunday) comes from, and on the expiry of his Unesco travelling scholarship returns to, a country with a high tradition of sculpture, Nigeria. Of his will to master and apply this to new purposes, his fantastic wooden wall-masks are now the strongest sign.
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Felix Idubor Exhibition
Journal of the Royal Society of Arts 1957-07-19: Vol 105 Iss 5008
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Review: Felix Idubor’s works ‘have a grace all of their own’
The Jewish Chronicle 1957-07-19: Iss 4604 A sculpture show of exceptional interest is at the Imperial Institute till July 28. The sculptor is Felix Idubor, who was born in Benin, Nigeria, the art of which influenced European artists. and Modigliani in particular, so powerfully and so profitably. It has by now become a two-way traffic
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Sculpture Exhibition
Kensington Post – Friday 19 July 1957 SCULPTURE EXHIBITION An exhibition of sculpture by Felix Idubor is being held in the Pavilion of the Imperial Institute until July 28. The exhibition was formally opened on Monday by M.T. Mbu. Commissioner in London For the Federation of Nigeria. The artist was present. Idubor held his first
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Paintings by a Nigerian sculptor
The Kensington News and West London Times, Friday, July 19, 1957
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The Work of Mr Felix Idubor
AFRICAN SCULPTURE THE WORK OF MR. FELIX IDUBOR FROM OUR ART CRITIC The Times, July 18, 1957 African sculpture has certain inestimable virtues in European eyes, and European taste is inclined to be distinctly plus royaliste que le roi when it sees some young African artist letting slip any part of his great, inherited tradition.
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Fancy Seeing You Here (in Kensington S.W.)
Daily News (London) – Tuesday 16 July 1957 A CHIEF from Maswa, Tanganyika, Chief Majebere, takes a close look at “The Tattooed Goddess,” one of the works by a Nigerian sculptor, Felix Idubor, on view at the Imperial Institute, South Kensington.
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Strange Woods
Evening News (London) – Monday 15 July 1957 Strange Woods FQUALLY at home with black ebony, opepe, obeche, iroko and black afara is the man from Benin City. Nigerian sculptor Felix Idubor has been carving these woods since he was eight. Now he comes to London, aged 29, to show 40 of his carvings in
About
Felix Idubor (1928–1991) was a Nigerian sculptor from Benin City, a city with a rich history of artistic excellence. He was part of a young group of artists in the 1950s and 1960s who raised awareness of the artistic consciousness of African tradition in an emerging and nascent social milieu. He is sometimes considered one of the pioneers of Nigerian contemporary art. In 1966, he opened Nigeria’s first contemporary art gallery in Kakawa street, Lagos.
Adulee Moore (1) American collectors (2) British Council (2) British Royal Collection (7) Central Bank – Lagos (1) Central Bank of Benin – Benin City (1) Cocoa House – Ibaden (1) Commonwealth Exhibition – Edinburgh (1) Commonwealth Institute Art Gallery (1) Congress of African Culture – Salisbury now Harare Zimbabwe (1) DR and Mrs Jerry Wulk (1) European collectors (1) Exhibition Centre – Lagos (1) Governor General of Nigeria (2) House of Parliament – Lagos (2) Iaga Idungan (1) Independence Building – Lagos (3) International Meteorlogical Organization – London (1) International Telecommunications Building – Geneva (1) Munich University Institute of Art (1) Municipal Library – Lagos (1) National Gallery of Modern Art – Lagos (1) National Theatre – Lagos (1) Nigeria Exhibition Center (1) Nigeria House – London (2) Nigerian Electrical Power Authority boardroom (1) Nigerian Observer (1) Osagie Osifo – brother (2) Palace of the Oba of Lagos (2) Residence of the British High Commissioner – Lagos (1) Senate Building Lagos (1) State House – Benin City (1) The Cooperative Bank – Ibadan (5) The German-Africa Society (1) The Idubor Gallery of Art (1) The Imperial Institute (9) The National Hall – Lagos (4) UNESCO (7) United States Information Service (2) University of Benin Teaching Hospital (1) University of Lagos (1)