Exhibition to feature work by visiting artist

Monday, March 11, 2013

“Diverse Faces, Linked Destiny," a collection of woodcarvings by Kasali Akangbe, the 2012 Africana Artist-in-Residence, will open Tuesday, March 12, in the Garinger Building, Room 113. A reception honoring the event will be from 2 to 5 p.m.

Akangbe is a master woodcarver, structure designer, folklorist and environmental activist from Nigeria and is a founding member of the Osogbo New Sacred Art School. This art movement is credited with the invention of a neo-modern form in Yoruba art during the 1960s, and for using this form as part of the aesthetic, religious and political strategies for the preservation of the 420-year-old Osun Sacred Grove. This UNESCO World heritage site in Nigeria is the largest protected sacred grove in Africa. 

The opening reception for  “Diverse Faces, Linked Destiny” is sponsored by the Chancellor's Diversity Challenge Fund, the College of Arts + Architecture, the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, the Department of Art and Art History, the Office of International Programs, the Organization of African Students, the Harvey B. Gantt Center for African American Arts and Culture and the Council for the Advancement of Yoruba Studies.