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Uzo Egonu: Prints

Past exhibition
18 September - 7 October 2021
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Uzo Egonu, Prints

kó is pleased to present a solo exhibition of screen prints by Nigerian modernist Uzo Egonu (1931-1996), taking place September 18- October 7, 2021.

 

Uzo Egonu was a Nigerian-born artist who settled in Britain in the 1940s,  where he was based until his death in 1996. Working primarily in painting and printmaking, Uzo Egonu combined references from Igbo and European cultural traditions to form a unique modernist language. Egonu’s prints are characterised by an illustrious use of color and geometric forms. This series of prints was made in the 1980s and represent the mature phase of Egonu’s oeuvre. The prints originated from the archive collection of Bernard Cook, a printmaker in London who worked with Egonu for almost a decade beginning in the 1970s. As such, these prints are “Printer’s Proof” and “Artist’s Proof” editions.

Born in Onitsha, Nigeria in 1931, Uzo Egonu moved to Britain at the age of fourteen, and went on to study at the Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts, London, from 1949-1952. His work has been included in many landmark exhibitions of black British artists, including The Other Story at Hayward Gallery, London in 1989, and Transforming the Crown at the Caribbean Cultural Center in New York in 1996. Egonu participated in FESTAC ’77 in Lagos as a representative of the United Kingdom.

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Works
  • Uzo Egonu, Music Machine, 1980
    Uzo Egonu, Music Machine, 1980
  • Uzo Egonu, Landscape with setting sun, 1980
    Uzo Egonu, Landscape with setting sun, 1980
  • Uzo Egonu, Strangers in their own land, 1987
    Uzo Egonu, Strangers in their own land, 1987
  • Uzo Egonu, Tears of sorrow, 1987
    Uzo Egonu, Tears of sorrow, 1987
  • Uzo Egonu, Flute player resting, 1980
    Uzo Egonu, Flute player resting, 1980
  • Uzo Egonu, Lone eater, 1979
    Uzo Egonu, Lone eater, 1979
  • Uzo Egonu, Cup of coffee in solitude, 1980
    Uzo Egonu, Cup of coffee in solitude, 1980
  • Uzo Egonu, Mending, 1980
    Uzo Egonu, Mending, 1980
  • Uzo Egonu, Four Seasons - Spring, 1982
    Uzo Egonu, Four Seasons - Spring, 1982
  • Uzo Egonu, Four Seasons - Summer, 1982
    Uzo Egonu, Four Seasons - Summer, 1982
  • Uzo Egonu, Four Seasons - Autumn, 1982
    Uzo Egonu, Four Seasons - Autumn, 1982
  • Uzo Egonu, Four Seasons - Winter, 1982
    Uzo Egonu, Four Seasons - Winter, 1982
Installation Views
  • Img 9612
  • Img 9475
  • Img 9582
  • Img 9616
Press
  • Uzo Egonu, Flute player resting, 1979, Screen print on woven paper, 65 x 82.7 cm, Printer’s proof.

    Uzo Egonu: Prints

    Contemporary And (C&), September 18, 2021

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