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| A typical Danfo bus |
Danfo is one of the icons that can best
depict Lagos because of how popular it is all across the state (this does not
mean Danfo is everywhere in Lagos);
it is impossible to visit Lagos and not come across these yellow buses that
dots the streets of the Lagos metropolis.
The Lagos
based artist Seidougha Linus Eyimiegha who studied painting at the Delta State
University have been researching on the Lagos Danfo designs and redefining the consumption of these designs for art lovers. His
artworks bring to context the geometric traits of local art forms and
contemporary designs consumed in popular culture.
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| Paintings of Seidougha Linus Eyimiegha exhibited at Art 21 Lagos |
Just the way
Danfo is telling contemporary stories
of our time through symbolic motifs, so is he re-enacting the same stories
through the use of strapping divergent colours and geometric shapes reminiscent
in the designs of African popular culture especially found on Danfo buses. The artist cum curator is
looking forward to exploring other elements of local pop culture that is
massively consumed.
