IAAJAH - IGWEBUIKE: An African Journal of Arts and Humanities
Vol. 10 No. 1, 2024
NSUKKA ART SCHOOL AND POSTMODERNIST IMPACTS ON MODERN NIGERIAN ART
Okoro, Martins N.

ABSTRACT

Postmodernism has permeated modern Nigerian and because it is a violation of the norms of modernism, critics and art commentators have expressed their worries over the negative impacts, as a result of its various paradigms – techno art, conceptual art, installation art, video art and performance art. In their own opinions, it is empty, ephemeral, highfalutin and redundant and will affect the commercial value of artwork created in this genre or category. They also raised the issue of identity, provenance, creative colonization, as well as the relevance of its historic and anthropological legacies. Based on this, they are considering the future of art and artists creating postmodernist artwork. For intervention, the study examines postmodernist art in the Nsukka School and demonstrates its positive impacts and contributions to art development in Nigeria. Data for the study were collected from extant literatures and internet sources. The data were historically analyzed using technical and stylistic methods. The study found that postmodernist artwork not only exposes practicing artists to the global art spaces through art exhibitions but also enriches them through sales by some notable auction houses. Again, the works are acquired by some notable galleries and art collectors and have attracted signicant attention in the media, the simple reasons this article argues are more than enough to show that postmodernism has impacted positively, therefore, lays to rest the politics of postmodernism, substantially.

Keywords: Postmodernist art, impacts, Nsukka School, modern Nigerian art
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