In the Service of Religion Mbari Yoruba Art

In the Service of Religion: Mbari, Yoruba Art & The Oye Ekiti Catholic Workshop

Igbo Mbari Houses Architecture created in response to urgent environmental and social issues/concerns A communal endeavor erected as shrines in veneration of Ala, the Earth Goddess Created with mud with representational images to depict scenes of everyday lives that might parody, critique, mirror, and or chronicle social events Sculptures are panted with uli decorative patterns

Igbo Mbari House, Ala flanked by her children, Igboland, Nigeria Painted mud, 20 th century

Igbo Mbari House to Ala, the Earth Goddess, Adobe and wood, 20 th century

Yoruba Religious Sculptures

Dada Arowogun, Osi-Ilorin, Yoruba Wood, 20 th century

Arowogun, “Esu offering his pipe to the District Officer”, Osi-Ilorin, Yoruba Wood, Pigment 20 th century

Dada Arowogun, Opon Ifa (Ifa Divination Tray) In form of a bowl with cover, Wood, Early 20 th century

Olowe Veranda Post, Wood, pigments 20 th century

Olowe, Ise-Ekiti, Yoruba Wood, pigment Early 20 th century

Olowe Bowl with figures Wood, pigment c. 1925

George Bamidele, Ogboni Drum, Wood, 20 th century

Neo-Traditional Experiments

George Bamidele, Baptismal Font, Wood, 20 th century

George Bamidele, Christ on the Cross, wood, 20 th century

Lamidi Fakeye, Flight into Egypt, wood, 20 th century

Lamidi Fakeye, Justice, Iroko (wood), 1992/93

George Bamidele, Madonna, Wood, pigment 20 th century

Lamidi Fakeye Christmas Crib Set (One of the Three Wisemen) Wood, beads, pigments

Lamidi Fakeye Medical Practitioners, Mahogany, 1977

Lamidi Fakeye Woman, Horse and Rider, Ironwood 1999

George Bamidele, Pillar Post, Wood, 20 th century

Lamidi Fakeye, Oduduwa, Wood, 20 th century