Chika Okeke-Agulu Delivers Spring Lecture in Criticism
The Center welcomed Robert Schirmer Professor of Art and Archaeology and African American Studies Chika Okeke-Agulu on March 20 for its spring Lecture in Criticism. His books include El Anatsui. The Reinvention of Sculpture (Damiani, 2022); African Artists: From 1882 to Now (Phaidon, 2021); Yusuf Grillo: Painting. Lagos. Life (Skira, 2020); Obiora Udechukwu: Line, Image, Text (Skira, 2016). Dr. Okeke-Agulu is organizing an exhibition of the works of Nigerian painter and poet Obiora Udechukwu.
Okeke-Agulu’s talk, “Art in the Shadow of Military Dictatorships in 1980s Nigeria” investigated the work of Obiora Udechukwu and the broader critical culture produced by artists, writers, poets, and musicians, during that long decade, in the shadow of the military regimes.
Learn more about the lecture and Professor Okeke-Agulu here.