In Conversation
In this episode we speak to curator and founder of Phílos, Asibi Danjuma on inventing new strategies for business in the African Art Market and navigating the economical downturn. PHILOS is a framework that merges fine Art and literature in exploring the profundity of the African continent based in Lagos, Nigeria.
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Day-to-day, Asibi builds corporate collections and works with a select few artists in developing their artistic voices. She has produced several exhibitions for artists such as Fidelis Joseph, Kadara Enyeasi, Jonah Bulus and Ugochukwu Emebiriodo to name a few.
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Asibi has contributed her expertise on the Nigerian art market to the Financial Times and served as a mentor for Art Bridge Project and Kuta Arts Foundation. In addition, her prose has been published by London, New-York and Hamburg based Art Publishers, Montez Press.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson, in his essay "Society and Solitude," wrote, "We do not believe our own thought; we must serve somebody; we must quote somebody; we dote on the old and the distant; we are tickled by great names; we quote their opinions; we cite their laws." For Ikechukwu Nduka, he stands as the antithesis of the society Emerson critiques. He defied societal expectations and familial disapproval to pursue his passion for art, successfully contending the dependence on the opinions of others. "They say art is therapy, but while creative minds like us are creating this 'therapy', I think we need it the most, or rather we need it first." He aptly expressed the stark pressure.
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