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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=210 BGCOLOR="#9999FF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="04d76ba3.gif"> <div> <IMG SRC="118fabc0.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="188" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Genesis Gallery; one of the many renowned art galleries that established Osogbo as a worldwide center for contemporary African Arts and Culture.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="12b9cd20.jpg" border=0 width="156" height="210" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The Invisible (Beads work)</div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#99CCFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="04e76bc1egdyqn.gif"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>Welcome to Osogbocity Homepage</B></FONT><B>   |   </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Welcome to Osogbocity Homepage"><U><B>Home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Picture Gallery"><U>Picture Gallery</U></A>   |   <B>Art works Gallery</B>   |   <A HREF="id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Extra"><U>Extra</U></A></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Picture Gallery"><U><B><<Back </B></U></A><B>                                                                                                                                                                             </B><A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Whats new?"><U><B>Return to Home News</B></U></A></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=390 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#99CCFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="04e76ba3.gif"> <div> Art works Gallery</div> <div> <IMG SRC="11950fc0.jpg" border=0 width="336" height="252" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">                                     <IMG SRC="09ebcfa0.jpg" border=0 width="188" height="250" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> A local Artist workshop displaying handmade decorated gourds, Yoruba talking drums, Leather memorabilia, Traditional Dance Troupes' horsetails etc.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="11a4cee0.jpg" border=0 width="332" height="238" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">                  </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.okonfo.com/tigari.mp3" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.okonfo.com/tigari.mp3"><U><IMG SRC="11e3a4e0.jpg" border=0 width="570" height="334" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.okonfo.com/tigari.mp3" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.okonfo.com/tigari.mp3"><U>Members of Okonfo's International African Drumming and Dance Troupe</U></A>.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="12055010.gif" border=0 width="341" height="257" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.okonfo.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.okonfo.com"><U><U>Okonfo Rao Kawawa</U></U></A>, -renowned artist, performer and traditionalist of international repute. </div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.okonfo.com/agbaja.mp3" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.okonfo.com/agbaja.mp3"><U><U>Listen to a typical Okonfo's genre of music</U></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#6633CC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> Learn more about Okonfo's Music, Art and Dance Troupe. Visit his website at : <A HREF="http://www.okonfo.de/Okonfo.htm " TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.okonfo.de/Okonfo.htm "><U><U>http://www.okonfo.de/Okonfo.htm</U></U></A></div> <bR> <div>           <IMG SRC="1238ac50.jpg" border=0 width="138" height="197" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">                                         <IMG SRC="12523ba0.jpg" border=0 width="291" height="186" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>The Heritage, My Life and Art                </B></FONT><B>   </B><I><B>Shrine of the God of Iron, </B></I><B>Jimoh Buraimoh</B></div> <div>    A Book by Jimoh Buraimoh                                         Oil and Beads on Board<B> </B></div> <div> <U>The Heritage:</U><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> Chief Jimoh Adetunji Buraimoh is Africa's first bead painter, a mosaicist and one of the leading lights of the Osogbo School of Art, which ignited the African Art Explosion' in the early sixties. This book is an autobiographical account of his life and art, illuminating his three decades of involvement in visual arts. His journey covers childhood, his time as a stage manager at the famous Duro Ladipo Theater, and his emergence as a leading international artist. The book is enhanced with color photos of his vibrantly colored bead paintings, mosaic murals, etchings and other media. Jimoh Buraimoh 119pp. 2000 Spectrum Books</div> <div> <U>Oil and Beads on Board</U><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#6633CC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> Above right, on exhibition, is one of the many works of Chief Jimoh Buraimoh, a highly influential artist from Osogbo, Nigeria. Jimoh Buraimoh's works developed out of the famed "Osogbo School" and He is important as the first artist to begin to use beads to compose the vibrant color blocks of his work.</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.buraimoh.com/id20_l.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.buraimoh.com/id20_l.htm"><U>Click here</U></A> to see other works by Chief Jimoh Buraimoh. <A HREF="http://www.buraimoh.com/id20_l.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.buraimoh.com/id20_l.htm"><U><B>>></B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="12e782a0.jpg" border=0 width="120" height="298" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">                                                             <IMG SRC="1306f2c0.jpg" border=0 width="111" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The Osun virgin maid (Arugba Osun)</div> <div> Batik</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Picture Gallery"><U>Picture Gallery</U></A>   |   <B>Art works Gallery</B>   |   <A HREF="id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Extra"><U>Extra</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id28_m.htm" TITLE="Art works Gallery"><U>Back to Top</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Osogbo city. 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