Signature Art Gallery

11/03/2016

On display at the is SUN DANCE by Owie Smart. Friday 11th March, private viewing, Saturday 12th March general viewing, 13th March Auction. Venue: Porsche center Akin Adesola, Victoria Island Lagos

05/03/2016

05/03/2016

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16/02/2016

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Asa & Ayoola

16/02/2016

Asa & Ayoola

13/01/2016

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13/01/2016

" Israel’s government is in cahoots with Syrian President Bashar Assad. America wants to keep the Syrian civil war going for as long as possible. Russia is outmaneuvering the United States on the global stage.

Those are some of the viewpoints you’re likely to hear if you talk politics with Syrians pouring out of their war-torn country and into Europe. " New English Review

13/01/2016

" The origins of stained glass are not certain, but ancient Egyptians were probably the first people to discover glass while making their vessels; the oldest examples of man-made glass are Egyptian colored glass beads from around 2700 BC. Stained glass windows were first used by well to do Romans in their homes in the first century AD. Early examples of stained glass windows can also be found in some of the palaces and mosques in the Middle East. In Jarrow, England at St. Paul's Monastery, some of the oldest pieces of a stained glass window from 686 AD were found; the earliest stained glass piece presenting a picture is a head of Christ from the 10th century, discovered at the Lorsch Abbey in Germany. "

13/01/2016

" You can try selling the idea of women’s emancipation to Ayoola Gbolahan but he will never buy it. To him, it is a way of demeaning the importance of women in society. “They are of value already. What they need is for you to look at them and value them,” the Nigerian artist says. : “If you look at this image, you can tell that she (the woman in it) is very well adorned. “She looks good, like a typical African woman. You would think she is content. But look in her eye,” he says.

The artist tells Lifestyle that the eyes of the woman depicted in the painting call for something; the way someone looks at you and makes you want to ask a question (culled from The Nation, East Africa's largest daily) 2013

13/01/2016

" The smiling public man can maintain his façade, masking his wild heart and in the process reflecting the poet who stands outside the poem " Young