The Gods Became Less Demonic – And African Art Declined

San Francisco Chronicle, Sunday, February 04, 1962

… Good work is being done by two Nigerian sculptors, Ben Enwonwu and Felix Idubor, but they, unfortu-nately, are the exception rather than the rule.

The great majority of the wood carving and bronze casting taking place today on both coasts of Africa is clumsy, imitative and mass-produced.

The painting is little bet-ter. Most African universities now have art schools and it is a poor capital indeed that does not boast at least one professional painter …


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