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8.00" x 6.00"
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10.00" x 8.00"
African Headscarf Series Art Print
by Olaoluwa Smith
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African Headscarf Series art print by Olaoluwa Smith. Our art prints are produced on acid-free papers using archival inks to guarantee that they last a lifetime without fading or loss of color. All art prints include a 1" white border around the image to allow for future framing and matting, if desired.
Design Details
The gele is rooted in Nigerian and Yoruba culture. Gele is a Yoruba word that means head tie and is known as “ichafu” in Igbo.
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Artist's Description
The gele is rooted in Nigerian and Yoruba culture. Gele is a Yoruba word that means head tie and is known as “ichafu” in Igbo.
I originally thought the gele was a Yoruba phenomenon, but a little research actually showed the act of tying a headscarf in this way is a West African phenomenon although most prevalent and flamboyant in the Yoruba Land.
Geles can be achieved from a range of fabrics such as Aso Oke, Sego/Zego fabrics, Damask, Jubilee, Swiss, embroidered, Singele (net gele), French lace
Your age determined the direction in which you tied your gele. A forward facing gele was meant for young people who had their futures in front of them. A sideward facing gele was meant for a woman in her prime of life. A backward facing gele was for the lady who had lived her life.
About Olaoluwa Smith
Smith Olaoluwa is a renowned international Artist, a native of Lagos state West Africa Nigeria, He hold a bachelor of art degree in fine and Applied art, and trained under the foremost artists of great University of Benin edo state Nigeria, He is an experimental artist/an art educator and exposed to the use of different medias, He has participated in several exhibitions both jury online and solo exhibitions,,he is a highly respected artist who plays with colors when paintings, also a member of Society of Nigerian artists Lagos chapter Artist Statement:I live art, I think art, I fill art, I dream art,I awake with art, I speak art. My gift is capturing objects,creatures or scenarios and presenting them through canvass in their true...
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Studio Tolere
So much life and rhythm. One can feel the women moving together, each in her own skin. Beautiful Olaoluwa! l/f
Olaoluwa Smith replied:
Thank you so much i appreciate