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  ArtistO Yemi Tubi
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  Typeimage
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  Price$4750

Painting, Oil Color on Canvas 2019 Gele is the headpiece usually worn by women across Africa for day-to-day activities and on special occasions.I am using “GELE – Vintage...

Painting, Oil Color on Canvas 2019 Gele is the headpiece usually worn by women across Africa for day-to-day activities and on special occasions.I am using “GELE – Vintage and Modern” as a metaphorical image to spotlight changes in African culture in this modern day. The art of tying Gele is disappearing like other traditional skills and many modern African young ladies are disadvantaged. As in my recent painting,looking through the window, I placed the Nigerian National Theatre building, one of the noticeable landmarks in Lagos, Nigeria, where Gele is popularly worn at the background of this painting. On the foreground is the picture of my motheron the left side of the table which is arche typical of the vintage era whenladies took pride in having the skills to tie their own geles literately. It was an era when women took pride in been able to feed their family. On the opposite side is the image of a modern lady made up in my usual style of rose and thorns dressed in m