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St. Jagaban Carrying Her Sick Child, acrylics and fabrics on board, 78cm, 2024.

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This painting is a metaphor for inept leadership and kakistocracy in Africa, but conversely it also reminds us that a people are blessed with the kind of leadership they deserve due to their actions ...
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Chuu Krydz Ikwuemesi
Nigeria
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Chuu Krydz Ikwuemesi is a Professor of Painting and African Art History at University of Nigeria, Nsukka where he has taught art, art history and theory since 1994. He was a Visiting Associate Prof ...
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Uncovering the Powerful Allegory of African Leadership in Chuu Krydz Ikwuemesi's 'St. Jagaban Carrying Her Sick Child'

In Chuu Krydz Ikwuemesi's masterful painting 'St. Jagaban Carrying Her Sick Child', the artist delivers a searing visual allegory of contemporary African leadership and the socio-political malaise afflicting the continent. Rendered in a circular format that evokes both sacred iconography and tradi ...
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Uncovering the Powerful Allegory of African Leadership in Chuu Krydz Ikwuemesi's 'St. Jagaban Carrying Her Sick Child'

SUMMARY


In Chuu Krydz Ikwuemesi's masterful painting 'St. Jagaban Carrying Her Sick Child', the artist delivers a searing visual allegory of contemporary African leadership and the socio-political malaise afflicting the continent. Rendered in a circular format that evokes both sacred iconography and tradi ...
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