The Man

Catalog note / 解説

At a time of increasing multi-culturalism in Britain, there is a growing interest in work from African and Asian countries, particularly those that have strong ties with Britain, such as Nigeria. Tayo Quaye's work reflects the history of art-school teaching in Nigeria, which has been very much influenced by European methods, yet his work retains a decorative quality that appears to rely very much on traditional techniques of pattern making. Tayo Quaye's work comes out of a complex tradition of Eurocentric art-school teaching established in Nigeria by the 1940s, and a reassertion of indigenous approaches to visual arts. This was called the 'Natural synthesis' theory and was first propounded…