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EXHIBITION GUIDE BLACK HISTORY MONTH 24 GROSVENOR SQUARE, MAYFAIR LONDON W1A 2LG 1

WELCOME THE MORE YOU KNOW ABOUT YOUR HISTORY THE MORE LIBERATED YOU ARE

MAYA ANGELO

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ISTINGUISHED GUEST, I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND A WARM WELCOME TO YOU. AS THE FOUNDER OF EPG ART, IT GIVES BOTH MYSELF AND THE TEAM GREAT PLEASURE TO WELCOME YOU TO THE EPG ART EXHIBITION FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH. THIS IS BROUGHT TO YOU IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE BLACK HISTORY MONTH COMMITTEE. BLACK HISTORY IS AFRICAN HISTORY AND AFRICAN HISTORY IS WORLD HISTORY. THIS IS SOMETHING TO BE SHARED BY ALL TO ENRICH ALL OF THE ACHIEVEMENTS SHARED BY BLACK PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD WHICH HAS SHAPED MANKIND. THIS EXHIBITION HAS BEEN CURATED BY EPG ART TO CELEBRATE AND SHARE SOME OF THE UK’S MOST TALENTED ARTISTS FEATURING THE WORKS OF:

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LANRE OLAGOKE, PAINTER

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FABIEN SOAZANDRY, DIGITAL ARTIST

I HOPE YOUR EXPERIENCE HERE LEADS YOU TO INTRIGUE AND YOUR INTRIGUE LEADS YOU TO NEW KNOWLEDGE, THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING.

J os e p h S F a rod oy e Ch i e f T h i n k e r

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in association with the

Black History Month Committee

With a focus on enhancing the conversation, the Estate Property Guide as a platform lends itself through EPG Art to strengthen and promote the genre of African Art to a wider galvanised audience. Through a series of dedicated specialist exhibitions and its own dedicated gallery, EPG Art will broaden and redefine how consumers view and purchase African Art. 2017 has started with the EPG ART exhibition, featuring the very best in African Art in association with the Black History Month Committee

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Lanre Olagoke

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orn in London in 1962, at the age of four, his family moved back to Nigeria, where he grew up before returning to London aged nineteen. From the outset Lanre loved colours and started painting where

his love affair with art set him on a journey from homelessness to hope. He was born into an affluent Nigerian family, with a lack of appreciation for the importance of culture and art which led him to rebel causing a downward spiral to the streets. Drugs and gambling led Lanre from being a promis-

ing student to becoming homeless on the streets of London.

People, including family, thought he had gone crazy. However, the young painter found solace in his work. An early inspiration was Ben Enwonwu, the first African artist to receive the honour of sculpting Her Royal Highness Queen Elisabeth II, resulting in the bronze portrait of 1957. Lanre first met Professor Ben Enwonwu in 1985-87 and became an apprentice under his tutelage. Lanre reminisces, “It was an honour to be in the presence of a legend, difficult to please and very particular, he told me to always remember that no one can be like Lanre, and the talent I have been given will make me great.' Lan re h as gath ered experien ce th ro u gh h is epic journey and the highs and lows he has encountered have

inspired 40 years of truly breath taking emotive Art.

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‘Art is my Weapon’

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Title: Green Peace | Medium: Acrylic on canvas | Size: 151 x 102 This artwork speaks of nature itself, particularly the tranquility and the peace found within it.

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Title: Art of Creation 1 | Medium: Acrylic on canvas | Size: 137 x 91 This artwork tells the story of the artisan and how the world itself is created by gifted individuals like the builder, the architect and the carpenter. However, this creativity is a gift from a divine source, the creator himself.

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Title: Art of Creation 3 | Medium: Acrylic on canvas | Size: 76 x 61 The fusion of dark and light symbolizes heaven and hell on earth. This artwork depicts a reality of inescapable suffering and pain, a dark world.

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Title: The Beauty | Medium: Acrylic & Mix medium | Size: 137 x 91 The royalty and beauty of women is depicted in this figure stretching her hands out. This artwork celebrates the woman that knows herself and carries herself well.

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Title: Birth, Life & Death | Medium: Acrylic & Chicken Bones on Board | Size: 61 x 112 The cycle of the human is represented and its inevitability. The use of the chicken bone in the first image was from a meal eaten by the artist in 1993, later used to represent birth. The middle image with a woman wearing a crown represents life due to her ability to give birth, giving life.

The final image of a skull symbolises death. The board used was also designed by the artist and purposefully spherical to represent the earth’s shape.

Title: The Burden of an Activist | Medium: Acrylic on canvas | Size: 100 x 91 The brush across the male figure’s back symbolizes the burden the artist carries.

More specifically, the colours on his back represent the burden of creativity and the fact that it is always on an artist’s mind and on his back. The artist has to fulfill this burden, it’s his purpose.

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Title: Women | Medium: Acrylic & Mix Medium on canvas | Size: 100 x 100 The texturized centerpiece symbolizes the power of women. The artist further celebrates women through his use of bright colours and lights surrounding other female figures.

Title: Into the Light | Medium: Acrylic on canvas | Size: 92 x 214 This painting of a woman leading a man into the light has a particular resonance with the artist. The male figure’s nudity below the waist symbolizes his vulnerability. On the far right the artist includes a blue alleyway with a luminous stickman standing alone, representing the man’s dark side, his past, before he was brought into the light.

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Fabien Soazandry

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abien Soazandry is a prolific modern digital artist originating from Madagascar, with spiritual aptitude present in his work. His use of digital technology, artistic style and spiritual awareness have created moving works of art that truly capture the essence of his subjects. His current collection consists of iconic figures from music and film.

Fabien’s work has migrated from the canvas and has been featured in the commercial, film and television space. He has worked with the Hayward Gallery, and has been featured in the British Film Institute.

Fabien’s work is a unique fusion of Inspiration, art and technology.

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‘Art is my Spiritual Outlet’

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Title: A Jedi from Peckham | Medium: Print on canvas | Size: 220 x 120 Finn is portrayed by John Boyega in Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens. Boyega's casting in the film was first made known on April 29, 2014 at this point the artist began this painting as a tribute to Boyega which he later presented to the actor to mark this momentous occasion and success as a boy from Peckham, London, England, the artists own familiar neighbourhood. Boyega has the only other signature piece hanging above his mantelpiece as a source of inspiration.

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Title: House of Julia | Medium: Print on canvas | Size: 220 x 120 Julia represents the light in which all children view their parents and depicts mothers

in their divine light. The artist used stories about Julia and favorite memories from her daughter to guide his emotion.

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BLACK HISTORY MONTH COMMITTEE If you require further information on the art illustrated in this guide please email art@estetpropertyguide.co.uk or call +442032913237

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