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53 Contemporary & Modern SOGAL Art Auction
DJAKOU
NATHALIE

is a ceramicist from cameroon. She has been inspired by art since her
childhood. In 1992 she started her artistic studies in Institute de Formation
Artistiqu of Mbalmayo in Cameroon and ended in 1998 in university. The
same year, she taught in this school. In 2004 she was employed in centre
d’art appliqué of mbalmayo in Cameroon as ceramist and also as chief
manager of ceramic studio.

LOT 73
Remember Sarah Baartman, 2018
Glazed White Clay - (W33 x H93 x D24) 13 x 37 x 9.4 in.
Signed and Dated (Nil)
N450,000 - N550,000

The work is a tribute to Sarah Baartman that was a south
African woman who was transport to England in 1810 and
used as toy to amuse the public because of her “unusual“
body shape. she was also exhibited in a zoo and even after
her death her remains were exhibited. So the masks I carved
on the work symbolize all the witnesses of that humiliation
and also represent the faces of people I think she carried in her mind for
treating her like that till she died in 1815 The work is a tribute to all women facing body
shaming, facing abuses, manipulations, maltreatment with many silents witnesse around.

MCDONALD
IHEME

born february 1995, Macdonald Iheme is a
Lagos - based artist who hails from Imo state,
Nigeria. He graduated from the department
of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Nigeria
Nsukka in 2015 where he majored in painting.
He works in diverse painting and drawing
media but is known mainly for his recent
expressive compressed charcoal drawings,
using human image as metaphor, he seeks to
capture the very essence of certain human
facial expressions and physical gestures. He is
a full time studio Artist.

LOT 74
Yellow One/Black One, 2019
Mixed Media - (W63 x H92) 25 x 36 in.
Signed and Dated (Lower Left/Center Right)
N350,000 - N400,000 (I,II)