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Mentioned in Times article ‘African culture asserted after struggle’
The Times, July 22, 1976 In 1960, only Nigerian novels had been published Cyprian Ekwensi’s People of the City (1954) and Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart (1958). Ben Enwonwu and Felix Idubor were the only Nigerian artists with even a national reputation. The plays of Wole Soyinka were known only to cognoscenti, while the one
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Felix Idubor: A sculptor from Benin
Y. A. Grillo and Juliet Highet African Arts Vol. 2, No. 1 (Autumn, 1968), pp. 30-35 Published By: UCLA James S. Coleman African Studies Center
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Lagos Art Galleries
Article from Nigeria magazine No. 92., with images of his work – incomplete scan
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The Arts in the New Africa
[Felix Idubor’s “cement sculptures” mentionied in what was seen at the time as a seminal article on African arts by the British artist Gerald Moore.] By Gerald Moore African Affairs Vol. 66, No. 263 (Apr., 1967), pp. 140-148 (9 pages) – incomplete scan THE ARTS IN THE NEW AFRICA by GERALD MOORE, University of Sussex
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Sculpture change
The Scotsman – Monday 30 August 1965 SCULPTURE CHANGE The works of Felix Idubor, the sculptor, are not now to be shown at Glasgow’s Museum and Art Galleries on September 20 as part of the Commonwealth Arts Festival. The Nigerian sculptor, Ben Osawe, will present his works instead. Four painters taking part in the exhibition
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Mentioned in review of Commonwealth Exhibition in Edinburgh
The Scotsman – Saturday 16 March 1963 WOOD CARVING Some of the best work here is as you might expect, in wood carving, and I would draw attention particularly to a charming little figure of a seated boy by Felix Idubor a self-taught artist of natural gifts who was born in Benin (the great Benin
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Mentioned in Times article ‘Triumph of First Congress on African Culture’
The Times, Aug 13, 1962 The present generation of African artists had as its spokesmen two sculptors, Mr. Vincent Kofi from Ghana and Mr. Felix Idubor from Nigeria, and a painter, Mr. Selby Mvusi, who now teaches at the School of Fine Art in Kumasi.
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The Gods Became Less Demonic – And African Art Declined
San Francisco Chronicle, Sunday, February 04, 1962
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The Art of African Sculpture: Black Hands on the Chisel
California Eagle, Los Angeles, Thursday, June 15, 1961 [reference to “Nigeria’s modernist Felix Idubor”]
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Art in Nigeria
Africa Quarterly April-June 1961: Vol 1 Iss 1 HARSIMRAN MALIK Art in Nigeria today is passing through a period of adaptation, of experimentation, of rediscovery. In the past, Nigeria’s greatest contributions to world culture were its arts of wood carving and bronze casting and masks – its traditional arts, which in the early twentieth century
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)