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8/29/05

SLU HOSTS LECTURE ON YORUBA ARTIST

CANTON – Roslyn Walker, senior curator of the arts of Africa, the Pacific and the Americas and 
the Margaret McDermott curator of African art at the Dallas Museum of Art, will give a lecture 
titled "Anonymous Has a Name: Olowe of Ise" on Monday, September 5, at 7 p.m. in Room 123 of 
the Griffiths Arts Center at St. Lawrence University. The event is open to the public, free of 
charge.
	Traditional African artists were not anonymous. Their names were known to the patrons who 
commissioned works of art and probably to those individuals who saw such works. Their names are 
unknown to us for several reasons, the most fundamental being that no one asked or was 
interested in knowing who made the art works. Olowe of Ise (c. 1875-c. 1938) was a Yoruba 
artist whose fame in Nigeria extended beyond his hometown, ultimately to Europe and America. 
Walker's illustrated lecture will discuss the artist's unique style and the sculptures he 
created for his royal patrons, including a recently discovered work.
	From October 6 through November 3, the exhibition "Cloth Only Wears to Shreds: Yoruba 
Textiles and Photographs from the Beier Collection" will be in the Richard F. Brush Art Gallery 
at St. Lawrence. For more information, call 315-229-5184 or 315-229-5192.

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Dallas Museum Of Art Web site
Information about Yoruba culture, language and tradition