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Contemporain”, his exhibition was called, “Incarnations”. The artist seems to have most of his artwork debuted in France, he also has had shows in Italy, and Germany. Akpan is primarily demonstrating his work in shows in Europe. Japan's most well-known show was, "La Biennale di Venezia" in Venice, Italy which took place in 2001. Akpan has had shows with other artists the primary ones being the following artists, Frédéric Bruly Bouabré, Chéri Samba, and Bodys Isek Kingelez. Venice Biennale in 2001 "Plateau of Humankind", was a famous exhibition for Sunday Jack Akpan due to the prime of his artistry being in 2001. “Africa Remix” was another exhibition he debuted in various locations, Kunstpalast in Düsseldorf (2004), Hayward Gallery in London (2005), Centre Pompidou in Paris (2005), Moderna Museet in Sweden (2006), Mori Art Museum in Tokyo (2006).
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traditional figures and grave artworks. Another factor this artist has is that belief-based ideologies can have a different style that could be more on the religious side. Most of his figures are correlated to tribal leaders and are big-scale sculptures. His artwork has brought him success as he has been almost throughout Europe, and even Japan. Sunday
Jackpan a Nigerian artist tries to share his point of view on the history of African culture, most of his sculptures are African people and he does these great exhibitions in Europe. He is very proud of being and spreading his knowledge within his artworks on that topic. Akpan is also ranked in the top 100,000 artists globally, but his best rank and time in his career was in 2001.
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forward, which also seems to be a high-end social setting. Next, the men are trying to gain attention, this is why the artwork is to be very noticeable, to get the attention of the individuals walking past this artwork. To demonstrate the reality of powerful rulers in the present moment of that time. The location of this artwork is in front of offices in
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artwork to be superior in originality, to maintain
African culture, but still have the modernization factor within it. One of the goals for this art piece was to create something to live and play with. The artist Sunday Jack Akpan wanted to endure new styles in this piece but still wanted to keep the traditional African styles as well.
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In this art piece by Sunday Jack Akpan, the artist is sculpting a
Nigerian Chief, or considered a Tribal Leader. A headpiece sculpture of a Nigerian chief. The artwork has a Nigerian man with a red shirt, dark-colored hair, and a slight smile on his face. The artwork was created in the year 1986 and
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Sunday Jack Akpan’s art career has debuted in various museums and exhibitions. He has had eleven art shows, one being a solo show. His first official exhibition was in 1989 in Paris at “Magiciens De La Terre at Centre
Pompidou Musée National d´Art Moderne”. Next, his newest art exhibition was in
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The art piece by Sunday Jack Akpan, Unknown Title, made in 1994, is one of his most famous art pieces. The medium is cement, with paint. The art piece consists of sculpted powerful
African men dressed up elegantly. The one important element in this sculptural piece is that all the men are facing
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The art piece, "African Family", by Sunday Jack Akpan, was created in 1986 with the medium being cement. The style of this piece of art is traditional, as seen in many other works by Sunday Jack Akpan. This artwork is to alter the overall definition of contemporary art. The artist intended this
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Sunday Jack Akpan is a post-war contemporary artist who concentrated on sculpture. Akpan was born in Ikot Ide
Etukudo, Nigeria on August 1, 1940. He mainly works in group exhibitions and has a solo show. The medium he is known for sculpting with is cement. The types of artwork that he makes are
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The level of success in Akpan's education is currently unknown. Sunday Jack Akpan was taught layering brick, by Mr. Albert Edet Essien. This experience helped guide him to progress in his cement skills in sculpting his naturalistic large-scale figures.
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