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GAS set to debut in Lagos, Ogun to provide platform for creative expression

by Olamilekan Okeowo January 3, 2020
by Olamilekan Okeowo January 3, 2020

In a bid to provide a platform for creative expression on a continent with few contemporary art museums, the modern city of Lekki in Lagos and rustic area of Ijebu in Ogun state is set to host an artist residency programme to be up and running in time for the Art X Lagos fair in November 2021.

The residency programme tagged Guest Artists Space (GAS) Foundation is a brainchild of The British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare.

According to The Art Newspaper, the residency programme hopes to bring together established and emerging artists and draws the idea of Shonibare’s Guest Projects initiative, which offers artists an opportunity to work in his London studio for a month

“I want to build an infrastructure for international artists to go to Nigeria and learn from local artists, and for artists on the ground to learn from international artists. Unfortunately, there aren’t many opportunities for artists to develop spaces in Africa,” he says. “Artists want to share ideas and have galleries and studios. But if that’s not provided, it’s left to the artists to fill that gap and take that [responsibility] upon themselves” says Shonibare on the residency programme.

The 2004 Turner Prize nominee, best known for his sculptures adorned in batik fabrics, says Lagos’s “vibrant and exciting” art scene was a key driver for the residency. “The art world is growing in Nigeria, and there are several artists from the diaspora doing well internationally,” he says.

The Lagos building designed by Elsie Owusu Architects will house a gallery, studio spaces and accommodation for the artists-in-residence as well as Shonibare. A “barrier-free” design accommodates Shonibare’s particular needs as a wheelchair user.

The second residency space, in Ijebu, will be on a farm complete with greenhouses, 1,000 cashew nut trees and other crops. The invited artists will be able to spend time in both Lagos and Ijebu. People from nearby villages already work on the farm. “I want the project to contribute to society, with ideas around sustainability,” he added.

The GAS Foundation is primarily funded by the Yinka Shonibare Foundation, whose trustees and advisers include the artists El Anatsui, Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Antony Gormley and Olafur Eliasson. To raise funds for GAS, Shonibare is organising an auction gala with Phillips auction house in London in May. Eighteen artists have already agreed to donate works to the event.

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