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Uche Okeke BIOGRAPHY
1933 - 2016. Known for: Painting.
On his return from Germany in 1963, Uche Okeke became the Art Director of the Mbari Art Centre in Enugu. In that year the Passion of Christ was a recurring theme for the artist. He had produced the... Read full biography
On his return from Germany in 1963, Uche Okeke became the Art Director of the Mbari Art Centre in Enugu. In that year the Passion of Christ was a recurring theme for the artist. He had produced the stained-glass designs of the 'Fourteen Stations of the Cross' in Munich earlier in the year. Uche... Read full biography
On his return from Germany in 1963, Uche Okeke became the Art Director of the Mbari Art Centre in Enugu. In that year the Passion of Christ was a recurring theme for the artist. He had produced the stained-glass designs of the 'Fourteen Stations of the Cross' in Munich earlier in the year. Uche Okeke, along with fellow artists, Demas Nwoko, Yusuf Grillo and Oseloka Osadebe, was one of the founding members of the Zaria Art Society. Graduating from art college in the early 1960s, the aesthetic of... Read full biography
On his return from Germany in 1963, Uche Okeke became the Art Director of the Mbari Art Centre in Enugu. In that year the Passion of Christ was a recurring theme for the artist. He had produced the stained-glass designs of the 'Fourteen Stations of the Cross' in Munich earlier in the year. Uche Okeke, along with fellow artists, Demas Nwoko, Yusuf Grillo and Oseloka Osadebe, was one of the founding members of the Zaria Art Society. Graduating from art college in the early 1960s, the aesthetic of these young artists was formed in response to Nigeria's recent independence from Britain. They propounded a new style that they termed 'natural synthesis'. Whilst the group firmly rejected the continued imposition of European artistic traditions and... Read full biography
On his return from Germany in 1963, Uche Okeke became the Art Director of the Mbari Art Centre in Enugu. In that year the Passion of Christ was a recurring theme for the artist. He had produced the stained-glass designs of the 'Fourteen Stations of the Cross' in Munich earlier in the year. Uche Okeke, along with fellow artists, Demas Nwoko, Yusuf Grillo and Oseloka Osadebe, was one of the founding members of the Zaria Art Society. Graduating from art college in the early 1960s, the aesthetic of these young artists was formed in response to Nigeria's recent independence from Britain. They propounded a new style that they termed 'natural synthesis'. Whilst the group firmly rejected the continued imposition of European artistic traditions and education, the society recognised that some benefits could be obtained from adapting the existing institutions to be more sympathetic to the... Read full biography
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On his return from Germany in 1963, Uche Okeke became the Art Director of the Mbari Art Centre in Enugu. In that year the Passion of Christ was a recurring theme for the artist. He had produced the stained-glass designs of the 'Fourteen Stations of the Cross' in Munich earlier in the year. Uche Okeke, along with fellow artists, Demas Nwoko, Yusuf Grillo and Oseloka Osadebe, was one of the founding members of the Zaria Art Society. Graduating from art college in the early 1960s, the aesthetic of these young artists was formed in response to Nigeria's recent independence from Britain. They propounded a new style that they termed 'natural synthesis'. Whilst the group firmly rejected the continued imposition of European artistic traditions Okeke, Art in Development, p.1...But wait, there's more...
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