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The Legacy of Asiru Olatunde |
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Aluminum-relief artist Toyin Folorunso
Santa Fe, July, 2007
(photo by A H Fisher).
Indigo Arts exhibits work by some of Nigeria’s leading contemporary artists of the last forty years, including the late master of the aluminum relief, Asiru Olatunde, and his family and students, including the late Yekini Folorunso. Most recently, we are pleased to offer the work of Asiru's grandsons, Toyin and Ishola Folorunso.
Aluminum-relief artist Toyin Folorunso demonstrates his art in Santa Fe. July, 2007
(photo by A H Fisher).
In 2009 Toyin Folorunso was one of three of our artists chosen by President Bill Clinton's Clinton Global Initiative to create commemorative artworks to be presented to the winners of the Clinton Global Citizen Awards. The Press Release follows:
President Bill Clinton Selects Two Haitians and One Nigerian to Create Commemorative Art for the Clinton Global Citizen Awards
June 8, 2009 —Each year, the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI), President Bill Clinton’s ambitious platform for addressing some of the world’s greatest challenges, seeks out individuals whose activities are having a positive, lasting global impact and honors them with a prestigious Clinton Global Citizen Award.
This year, CGI collaborated with the Santa Fe International Folk Art Market—an organization that not only mounts the largest event of its kind but also fosters cultural and economic sustainability for artists and their communities—to find some of the world’s very best folk artists to create commemorative trophies for the Award.
The artists, Serge Jolimeau and Michée Ramil Remy from Haiti and Toyin Folorunso from Nigeria, were winnowed from a pool of hundreds of submissions by experts from the Santa Fe International Folk Art Market.
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Medal for Clinton Global Initiative, designed by Toyin Folorunso, 2009.
Established in 2007, the Clinton Global Citizen Awards embody President Clinton’s call to action by honoring those outstanding individuals who exemplify global citizenship through their demonstrated innovation and leadership. Now in their third year, the Clinton Global Citizen Awards will be presented again at the Fifth Anniversary of the Clinton Global Initiative in New York to honor select individuals who, in the spirit of CGI, have made a considerable impact through philanthropy, good works, or fresh approaches to addressing global problems. Four honorees will be chosen based on their innovative leadership in a particular industry: Civil Society, Corporate Sector, Philanthropy or Public Service. Before the artworks are presented at CGI, however, they will go on display at the world-renowned Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe, on July 10, 2009.
The three artists’ personal stories echo many of the same values of the Clinton Global Initiative and the Santa Fe International Folk Art Market....
Nigerian Toyin Folorunso, creates intricate bas-relief images on recycled aluminum panels. Using techniques and designs passed down from his family of artists in Oshogbo, Nigeria, Folorunso’s folk art is a means for storytelling to be passed along from generation to generation.
“Each of these artists exemplifies the ideals of the Clinton Global Citizen Award honorees, in that they focus their shared knowledge and skills to find economically sustainable solutions to global challenges.” said Robert S. Harrison, Chief Executive Officer of the Clinton Global Initiative. “These men are not only talented artists, but they have become leading social entrepreneurs - creating jobs, invigorating the art community and training new generations of artists to pass along their traditions.”
The three artists will be attending the 2009 Santa Fe International Folk Art Market, July 11 and 12 in Santa Fe, as well as taking part in a ceremony at the Museum of International Folk Art when their work goes on display July 10, 2009.
“As a leading international folk art organization, we envision a world that celebrates and values evolving traditional art and cultures,” says Charlene Cherny, the Market’s Executive Director. “This kind of recognition from an organization such as the Clinton Global Initiative means so much to folk artists around the world.”
Courtesy of Clare Hertel - Santa Fe International Folk Art Market
You may read more about the Clinton Global Initiative medals in the Santa Fe New Mexican.
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The Animal Kingdom
Toyin Folorunso, Oshogbo, Nigeria
2007
Hammered aluminum relief
(10 1/4" h x 16"w)
SOLD 1/08 |
The Oshun Grove
Ishola Folorunso, Oshogbo, Nigeria
2007
Hammered aluminum relief
(10 1/4" h x 16"w)
SOLD 10/07 |
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Mamy Wata 1
Toyin Folorunso, Oshogbo, Nigeria
2007
Hammered aluminum relief
(16" h x 6 3/4"w)
SOLD 1/08 |
Adam and Eve
Toyin Folorunso, Oshogbo, Nigeria
2011
Hammered aluminum relief
(20 1/2" h x 15 3/4"w)
Exact details may vary.
$395
SOLD 12/2011 |
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The Animal Kingdom
Toyin Folorunso, Oshogbo, Nigeria
2007
Hammered aluminum relief
(6 3/4" h x 16"w)
SOLD 10/07 |
Noah's Ark
Toyin Folorunso, Oshogbo, Nigeria
2011, 2012
Hammered aluminum relief
(14" h x 20 1/4"w)
Some details may vary.
$395 |
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The Animal Kingdom 2
Toyin Folorunso, Oshogbo, Nigeria
c.2012
Hammered aluminum relief
(16" h x 20"w)
Exact details may vary.
$375 |
The Agbogbo Bird
Toyin Folorunso, Oshogbo, Nigeria
2008
Hammered aluminum relief
(16" h x 10 1/4"w)
$210
SOLD 5/2012 |
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Oshun Festival
Toyin Folorunso, Oshogbo, Nigeria
2009, 2012
Hammered aluminum relief
(20 1/4" h x 15 1/2"w)
$395
SOLD 11/2012 |
The Kingdom of Birds
Toyin Folorunso, Oshogbo, Nigeria
c.2012
Hammered aluminum relief
(20" h x 16"w)
Exact details may vary.
$395
SOLD 11/2012 |
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Mamy Wata 2
Toyin Folorunso, Oshogbo, Nigeria
2009
Hammered aluminum relief
(15 3/4" h x 10"w)
$210 |
Village Life
Toyin Folorunso, Oshogbo, Nigeria
2009
Hammered aluminum relief
(16" h x 20 1/4"w)
$375 |
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Ceremony for Obatala
Toyin Folorunso, Oshogbo, Nigeria
2009
Hammered aluminum relief
(10 1/4" h x 16"w)
$210
SOLD 12/09 |
The Animal Kingdom 3
Toyin Folorunso, Oshogbo, Nigeria
2009
Hammered aluminum relief
(10" h x 16"w)
$210
SOLD 12/10 |
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Egungun Festival
Toyin Folorunso, Oshogbo, Nigeria
2009
Hammered aluminum relief
(10 1/4" h x 16"w)
$210 |
Bird in a Tree (#YF1103)
Yekini Folorunso, Oshogbo, Nigeria
c.1995
Hammered aluminum relief
(15 1/2" h x 6 1/4"w)
$180 |
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Bird and Lizard (#YF1104)
Yekini Folorunso, Oshogbo, Nigeria
c.1995
Hammered aluminum relief
(6 1/4" h x 18 1/4"w)
$180 |
Egungun Festival (#YF1105)
Yekini Folorunso, Oshogbo, Nigeria
c.1995
Hammered aluminum relief
(6 1/4" h x 18 1/4"w)
$180 |
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Hunter in the Forest (#YF1106)
Yekini Folorunso, Oshogbo, Nigeria
c.1995
Hammered aluminum relief
(5" h x 20"w)
$145 |
The Animal Kingdom #1 (#YF1107)
Yekini Folorunso, Oshogbo, Nigeria
c.1995
Hammered aluminum relief
(5" h x 20"w)
$145 |
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The Animal Kingdom #2(#YF1108)
Yekini Folorunso, Oshogbo, Nigeria
c.1995
Hammered aluminum relief
(5" h x 20"w)
$145 |
The Animal Kingdom #3 (#YF1109)
Yekini Folorunso, Oshogbo, Nigeria
c.1995
Hammered aluminum relief
(5" h x 20"w)
$145 |
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