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29 May 2018
This Is What Lagos Could Look Like in 2115
We speak with Nigerian artist Wale Lawal on his project with Olalekan Jeyifous, "Mad Horse City," currently showing at the "Africa Is Not a Refugee Camp" exhibition in Munich.
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Arts + Culture
14 July 2017
NextGen: Olalekan Jeyifous Confronts Social Issues in His Architectural Dystopias
We take an in-depth look at Olalekan Jeyifous' art and how his work fuses architecture and Afrofuturist narratives to critique social issues.
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12 May 2017
6 Top African Artists on What’s Behind Their New Work
These African and diaspora art stars give us the story behind the works they showed at 1:54 Contemporary Art Fair.
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17 April 2017
Olalekan Jeyifous is the Nigerian Artist Behind Coachella's 50-Foot 'Crown Ether' Sculpture
Get familiar with the Brooklyn-based, Nigerian designer and architect who created the 50-foot installation on display at Coachella.
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