Nigerian born multitalented artist
and photographer, Lakin Ogunbanwo will from the 20th November till
the 21st December, 2013 light up South Africa with his solo art exhibition
tagged - ‘Portraits’.
The exhibition will take place at
Rooke & Van Wyk, a gallery located at Unit 21 Frost Street Lofts, Braamfontein
Werf, 2000 Johannesburg, Gauteng.
Portrait photography by local
African photographers has been practised in West Africa since the late 1800’s,
documenting the early urban modern urban elites through to post-independence
1960s and 1970s. While the subjects then enacted an urgent sense of agency by
acting out the poses of international black music and movie stars in the
studios, it’s a lot different in the 21st century.
