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Felix Idubor: A sculptor from Benin
Andrew Heavens
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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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.
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