Prof. Bruce Onobrakpeya talking about his plastocast works A black woolen beret let some cloudy white curly hair emerge. A pair of dark rimmed glasses hide a curious pair of eyes above a white moustache. Professor Bruce Onobrakpeya stands in front of us in his traditional outfit of black african print brightened up by vivid blue and red lines looking like electronically modulated laser beams. He is lively talking about his art displayed in the small courtyard of his three-storeyed studio of Oloje street in Mushin. He works there since 1973 and probably moved in around 1976. First, he looks intimidated by the crowd before warming up as he answers the first questions about his art. He is humbly talking about the technic he uses to form casts in which he pours coloured fiber glass to create a bas-relief. fiber glass coloured and painted He mentions the work he does with copper sheets on which he is applying some patine. We see also a panel of African lace collages, apparent...
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