{"id":176445839,"date":"2014-11-17T02:46:53","date_gmt":"2014-11-17T08:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/?p=176445839"},"modified":"2014-11-17T02:46:53","modified_gmt":"2014-11-17T08:46:53","slug":"visual-art-aso-oke-the-woven-beauty-tunde-owolabis-new-exhibition-in-lagos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/2014\/11\/17\/visual-art-aso-oke-the-woven-beauty-tunde-owolabis-new-exhibition-in-lagos\/","title":{"rendered":"VISUAL ART: \u2018Aso Oke: The Woven Beauty,\u2019 Tunde Owolabi\u2019s New Exhibition In Lagos"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u2018Aso Oke: <\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

The Woven Beauty,\u2019<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

Tunde Owolabi\u2019s <\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

New Exhibition In Lagos<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

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BY\u00a0OLUWATONI Y. AKINDELE<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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If cotton is for comfort and viscose for drape, then Nigerian\u00a0Aso Oke<\/strong>\u00a0[ah-SHAW-okay] is for\u00a0shakara<\/a>. Originating from the Yoruba culture, Aso Oke is a handwoven textile that holds both cultural value and beauty. Traditionally worn for special occasions such as weddings or naming ceremonies, Aso Oke is a marker of Yoruba heritage that transcends Nigeria. From Monday, November 16th-22nd, at the\u00a0Red Door Gallery<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0in Lagos, Nigerian visual artist\u00a0Tunde Owolabi<\/strong>\u00a0will be showcasing the fabric at his second solo exhibition,\u00a0Aso Oke \u2013 The Woven Beauty<\/a><\/em>. Using Aso Oke as a tapestry of history and cultural heritage, Owolabi has created narratives through paintings, photography, sound and film installations, photo-painting, and mixed media to preserve one of the few surviving forms of\u00a0textile designs left in Nigeria. Explains Owolabi:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe reason I chose aso-oke is because of its cultural value and vibrancy. While learning about it, I realised there is more to the fabric. The dynamism with which it has evolved over time from the traditional type to the more modern aso-oke we see lately also got me interested. The process of making it alone is an art that leaves no gender out of the fun and experience. These days, weddings and other occasions are incomplete without aso-oke, and that shows the power and importance of this fabric. It was created by the Yoruba people of Nigeria for the world. I want to make people appreciate this fabric more, and see how much of an art it is. If we don\u2019t celebrate what we have, no one will.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Tunde Owolabi\u2019s\u00a0Aso Oke \u2013 The Woven Beauty<\/em><\/a>\u00a0is on display\u00a0Monday, November 16th through\u00a0November 22nd at the Red Door Gallery in Lagos. Admission is free. See more photos\u00a0from\u00a0the exhibition\u00a0below.<\/span><\/p>\n

All photos credited to Tunde Owolabi<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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  NOVEMBER 15, 2014         \u2018Aso Oke: The Woven Beauty,\u2019 Tunde Owolabi\u2019s New Exhibition In Lagos     BY\u00a0OLUWATONI Y. AKINDELE   If cotton is for comfort and viscose for drape, then Nigerian\u00a0Aso Oke\u00a0[ah-SHAW-okay] is for\u00a0shakara. Originating from the Yoruba culture, Aso Oke is a handwoven textile that holds both cultural value […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[6],"tags":[4,12,11],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176445839"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176445839"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176445839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":176445842,"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176445839\/revisions\/176445842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176445839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176445839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176445839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}