Jerry Buhari
Nigeria, born in 1959
Spillage of Black Gold (in the Pipeline)
2005
Acrylic on canvas, 155 x 137 cm.
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Jerry Buhari writes, “Today the talk of the world is about an endangered Earth. One often wonders how much of the talk is backed with genuine concern and the will to take positive steps. But it should not surprise the world that artists are in the forefront of the discussion on the environment. They have always been” (Buhari 2016). This painting comments on the horror of oil spillage on the environment, as black paint drips over the colorful canvas in the background. The vibrant colors resemble the beauty of the landscape, specifically the flowers. But the black paint covers the canvas, making a reference to the oil spillage in the Niger Delta.
Julio Palencia ’20
Bibliography
Agenda Art. “Africanartagenda.” African Art Agenda. February 04, 2015. Accessed April 24, 2019. https://africanartagenda.tumblr.com/post/110065062629/jerry-buhari-country-nigeria-style-abstract.
Presents the various paintings (abstract expressionism) produced by Jerry Buhari.
Odobo, Eva and Anikpe, Ekene. “Engaging the Mundane: The Art of Jerry Buhari, Kuti Usman, Uche Onyishi and George Osodi on the Environmental Question.” Arts and Design Studies 24 (2014): 8-14.
Eva Odobo and Ekene Anikpe write about Nigerian artists, Jerry Buhari, Kuti Usman, Uche Onyishi, and George Osodi, and the role their artwork plays in commenting about global warming and other environmental issues.
