Lamidi Olonade Fakeye: A Retrospective Exhibition and Autobiography [Paperback]

Lamidi Olonade Fakeye (Author), Bruce M. Haight (Author), David H. Curl (Author), Jacqueline Carey (Collaborator), De Pree Art Center & Gallery (Corporate Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 230 pages
• Publisher: Univ of Washington Pr (June 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 088196008X
• ISBN-13: 978-0881960082
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,276,610 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Essential reading for those interested in Yoruba artists, April 21, 1999

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Chrisitne Black ([e-mail] (Buffalo, New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lamidi Olonade Fakeye: A Retrospective Exhibition and Autobiography (Paperback)

Not only does this book contain critical information not found anywhere else but it is written in a style true to the artist himself and the Yoruba oral tradition. If you are a carver you will find valuable information that relates to the process traditionally trained Yoruba carvers use to do their work as well as technical information about wood and tools. It is also valuable for the scholar intersted in the social status of the artist in Yorubaland before Europeans and how this particular artis has come into his own since colonialism and independence. But most importantly it was written by the artist himslef and is true to his personality. This type of document is rarely written by a person of Lamidi Fakeye's experience and status in Yoruba carving. This book reflects on the past while being rooted in the present situation of a Nigerian artist today.