Dressing up Nigerian has finally come full circle and Rele Gallery, leading contemporary art gallery, is in on the action.

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From being allotted glossy pages of lifestyle magazines, to black and white ones in soft sells, to being touted in online media, and Instagram pages of fashion tastemakers, dressing up Nigerian has for the first time gotten its due in artistic form, in a career-defining exhibition, by illustrator and visual artist, Ibe Ananaba.

The exhibition, titled “Selense” opened last weekend at Rele Gallery.

Selense is a collection of 30-odd pieces that capture the bombastic Nigerian spirit of dressing. In generous strokes, oils and colour, the artist brings to life, women from runways, dandies from the street, show-offs and statement makers for whom extravagance is a statement to be made.

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Selense, literally means to show off.

THE PEOPLE

 

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THE ART

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The artist also captures how we as a people perform this extravagance in the midst of Nigeria’s problems and quite often, in spite of it.

The exhibition is open until September 26.



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