{"id":1152,"date":"2021-04-12T16:01:16","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T14:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beautyforabetterworld.org\/?p=1152"},"modified":"2021-04-12T16:23:36","modified_gmt":"2021-04-12T14:23:36","slug":"kehinde-ekundayo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beautyforabetterworld.org\/?p=1152","title":{"rendered":"Kennii Ekundayo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u2018Eye of An Artist\u2019 is an inquiry into the artist\u2019s definition of beauty and captures the opinions of 19 artists at different stages of practice offering their views.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This documentary forms part of the art project \u2018Beautiful: The Exposition\u2019 that questions the interpretation of beauty in art, especially from the standpoint of the artists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project, true to its description as an expos\u00e9, saw the combination of:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Art exhibition of paintings and hyperrealism drawings by the contemporary Nigerian artists Ronke Komolafe and Chidynma Ochu.<\/li><li>Display of works from select private collections, exhorting the role of The Collector<\/li><li>Presentation of the book \u2018Beyond Aesthetics: Use, Abuse and Dissonance in African Art Traditions\u2019 whose thematic inclination panders to that of the project by Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka.<\/li><li>The documentary \u2018Eye of An Artist\u2019 by Kennii Ekundayo, which engages the views of the participating artists. The project counters the popular narrative that beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder and posits that beauty lies in the eyes of the creator, who in this case is the artist. The interviewed artists respond to questions ranging from the basis of their artistic practice to how their experiences in the art has formed their various definitions of beauty.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The artists include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. Chief Dr Mrs Nike Monica Okundaye &#8211; Batik &amp; Adire textile designer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. Professor Peju Layiwola &#8211; Art Historian, Adire textile designer, Sculptor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3. Muraina Akeem &#8211; Sculptor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4. Ayoola Mudasiru &#8211; Painter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5. Ayoola Omovo &#8211; Painter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>6. Ibe Ananaba &#8211; Painter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>7. Oliver Enwonwu &#8211; Curator, Gallerist, Painter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>8. Sadiq Williams &#8211; Painter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>9. Iyunola &#8211; Painter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>10. Godwin Samuel &#8211; Painter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>11. Raji Babatunde &#8211; Painter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>12. Ugonma Chibuzo &#8211; Painter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>13. Adekile Mayowa &#8211; Hyperrealist<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>14. Yusuff Aina Abogunde &#8211; Painter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>15. Emmanuel Odumade &#8211; Painter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>16. Abinoro Akporode Collins &#8211; Sculptor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>17. Adeojo Oluwaseun &#8211; Painter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>18. Sylvester Aguddah &#8211; Collagist<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>19. Augustine Nwoke \u2013 Painter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Eye of An Artist\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/439940873?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"819\" height=\"461\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Kenni Ekundayo: \u201cI believe beauty to be an (intentional) creation of a creator that is designed to be enjoyed by the beholder. I see a dress that I think is beautiful, I believe it was designed to be perceived as exactly that by the dressmaker; same goes for when I interact with a work of art that I believe to be beautiful\u2014the artist produced it to be viewed and enjoyed as that. It is what led to the creation of this film, to interrogate and document the creator (artist)\u2019s opinion and interpretation\/presentation of\u00a0<strong>beauty.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1155,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,14,6,33],"tags":[291,288,292,294,279,280,290,285,281,284,275,278,276,282,277,286,283,293,287,289],"class_list":["post-1152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art","category-painting","category-sculpture","category-video","tag-abinoro-akporode-collins","tag-adekile-mayowa","tag-adeojo-oluwaseun","tag-augustine-nwoke","tag-ayoola-mudasiro","tag-ayoola-omovo","tag-emmanuel-odumade","tag-godwin-samuel","tag-ibe-ananaba","tag-iyunola","tag-kehinde-ekundayo","tag-muraina-akeem","tag-nike-monica-okundaye","tag-oliver-enwonwu","tag-peju-layiwola","tag-raji-babatunde","tag-sadiq-williams","tag-sylvester-aguddah","tag-ugonma-chibuzo","tag-yusuff-aina-abogunde"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.6 - 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