Name: Creative Minds Speaker Series Part III: Akinola Lasekan
Start: 2024-04-13T14:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-04-13T15:00:00-04:00

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Adérónké A. Adésànyà, PhD, ChMC
Professor of Art History, James Madison University

“I am copying nobody” was Akinola Lasekan’s response when his artistic practice was called into question. A pioneer of Nigerian Modern Art and political cartoons, Lasekan’s short life and career were marked by beauty, innovation, and advocacy. If you are unfamiliar with the life and art of this Nigerian artistic maverick, join us as Adérónké A. Adésànyà, PhD, the author of Akinola Lasekan: Cartooning, Art, and Nationalism at the Dawn of a New Nigeria, contextualizes Lasekan’s life and art during and after the colonial rule in Nigeria. Adésànyà is a professor of Art History at James Madison University in the School of Art, Design, and Art History, on the Advisory Board for Yemisi Shyllon Museum of Art, and is the President of the African Studies Association. Following the talk, there will be spotlight talks of artwork by Lasekan in the Chrysler Museum’s exhibition.

Support for this project was made possible by a grant from the Mellon Foundation

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