19 Jan 08 by TITUS AGBARA
TITUS AGBARA artworks

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THE KING'S SPECIAL EMISSARY

PORTAIT OF AN ERRAND MAN OF HRH IN KAZAURE, JIGAWA STATE OF NIGERIA.THE BACKGROUND MOTIF DESIGN IS CALLED "DAGI" ITS PREDOMINANT TO THE NORTHERN REGION OF NIGERIA

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02 Mar 08 20:10

Haven't seen it yet but soon come...

HOW I WISH
HOW I WISH
HOW I WISH

ITS A NATURAL PHENOMENON REFLECTING MEMORIES. IN LIFE AS A YOUNG PERSON WE ALL WISH TO GROW OLD.AND WHEN WE ARE OLD WE STILL WISH WE WERE YOUNG.

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21 Feb 08 17:34

superb art love the contrasts you have created leads the eye around the art wonderfully

BIRNIN KEBBI
BIRNIN KEBBI
BIRNIN KEBBI

A RURAL SETTLEMENT IN NORTHERN PART OF NIGERIA

MARKET MOOD
MARKET MOOD
MARKET MOOD

SHOWING THE MOOD OF A RURAL MARKET IN NIGERIA

WARM BELLE
WARM BELLE
WARM BELLE

PENCIL DRAWING, SHOWING HAPPENSTANCE IN A RURAL SETTING, WHAT THEY LIKE TO DO IN THE MORNING TO START UP THE DAYS WORK

FOR PEACE OFFERING
FOR PEACE OFFERING
FOR PEACE OFFERING

FIGURATIVE

shadows and reflection
shadows and reflection
shadows and reflection

landscape

OUR DAILY BREAD
OUR DAILY BREAD
OUR DAILY BREAD

FIGURATIVE

CORNER STONES
CORNER STONES
CORNER STONES

LANCSAPE

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06 Feb 08 17:38

your art is amazing...
very much alive...
thank you for your comment~

SETTING OUT
SETTING OUT
SETTING OUT

LANSCAPE

ONE SWEET DAY
ONE SWEET DAY
ONE SWEET DAY

LANDSCAPE

CHILDHOO 2
CHILDHOO 2
CHILDHOO 2

FIGURATIVE

EMIR'S PROCESSION
EMIR'S PROCESSION
EMIR'S PROCESSION

FIGURATIVE

hawkers
hawkers
hawkers

landscape and figurative. showing hawkers on the street, depicting the daily struggle of the average nigerian

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12 Feb 08 06:40

Titus, I found the studio log for this work very interesting. From a very basic background you paint a complete quality painting from top to bottom like a computer screen refresh. Amazing! You've clearly a strong command of your subject and materials. I'm interested too to see how your work develops over time.
Curiously, I was expecting an "African" type painting from an African artist. That your work has a very western perspective to it challenged my cultural conditioning - that's a good thing for me.
This painting of the "struggle of the average Nigerian" depicts too the artist's social consciousness. I know I wouldn't ask this of a European colleague, but do you feel a sense of responsibility as an African artist? If so, in what way? It appears to me that you subtly challenge the stereotypical protrayal of African life that we are presented with in the west.

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14 Feb 08 23:47

I must give kudos to you for a selfless service to the artworld, thank you.
Art is a universal visual language, never the less of its diverse clasification, i see it as an "individualistic tendency" in the quest for the truth.
I have interest in painting landscapes and everyday happenstance, which i strive towards documentation and preservation of the african cultural heritage in a realistic rendition

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02 Mar 08 20:07

Great work T. Enjoying it!!!

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03 Oct 12 15:38

I am the painting, I am the painting . . . and I’m coming . . . . . . !!!
I enjoyed this studio log too much Titus it was like sitting back and watching “hawkers” happen. Can I imagine that all your work comes like this?

BRING THEM HERE
BRING THEM HERE
BRING THEM HERE

FIGURATIVE

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02 Mar 08 20:09

Yet another beautiful work. Captures lagos in all it's crazy technicolour..

just for three pound.
just for three pound.
just for three pound.

Depict an emotional concern from the western world to the third world country.

At Barney,s Backyard
At Barney,s Backyard
At Barney,s Backyard

On a visit to the house of a British artist- Barney, I found this sence very interesting. Through his backyard flows the river Thames. So I decide to paint it as a gift for him on his 78th birthday.

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28 Apr 08 16:08

u neva seems 2 stop amazin me wt ur touch of colours, am realy, really proud of u, kudos man,tom up.

common wealth I
common wealth I
common wealth I

diptych painting

common wealth II
common wealth II
common wealth II

diptych painting

TRANQUIL ATMOSPHERE
TRANQUIL ATMOSPHERE
TRANQUIL ATMOSPHERE

LANDSCAPE

OBA,S CORONATION
OBA,S CORONATION
OBA,S CORONATION

FIGURATIVE

ladbroke square, nottinghill
ladbroke square, nottinghill
ladbroke square, nottinghill

landscape

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14 Nov 08 19:23

hi titus, keep it up.