The essence of art, according to one Nigerian artist, George
Edozie, is not just to create an artwork which one hangs on the wall as an
object of decoration, rather art, he says, should be a tool of communication for
addressing societal issues.
Infinite Treasures at Terra Kulture
Bisi Fakeye to be interred in December
Burial arrangement
is ongoing for master artist, Bisi Fakeye, who passed on after a brief illness
in the early morning of Sunday, October 8, 2017 at the Ikorodu General Hospital
in Lagos. He was aged 75.
Fakeye will
be laid to rest in December, said Bunmi Babatunde, the Chairman of Universal
Studios of Art (USA), Lagos, Nigeria, in a press statement.
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