RE-DEFINING THE POST-COLONIAL NIGERIAN URBAN SPACES THROUGH ART: CASE STUDIES IN SELECTED LOCATIONS

Abstract

The research project focuses on re-defining the post-colonial Nigerian urban spaces through art – case studies in selected locations. Therefore, the research project would explore and document the extent to which art professionals succeeded in re-defining the post-colonial Nigerian urban spaces through their artworks, installations, paintings, drawings, wood carvings, sculptural pieces in various public places in order to awaken pride in Nigeria, its’ peoples, and our great cultures. Consequently, the broad aim of the project is to critique the attempts by Nigerian artists to free the minds of the viewing public from colonial relics and replace these with fervours for African arts and socio-cultural glory. The research would also discuss the Emergence of the Zaria Art Sociey whose members helped to redefine the colonial urban spaces through their Art.