Rufus Ogundele Voer een
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een galerie.
Kies een stemming en de kamer zelf antwoordt — het licht koelt of warmt op, de sfeer verandert van tempo, en alleen de werken die dat gevoel belichamen, treden naar voren uit de duisternis. De rest verdwijnt in de schaduw.
Rufus Ogundele
The Stage and the Studio Osogbo, 1946. The air carries the weight of Yoruba oral tradition and the energy of performance. Before the brush, there is the stage. Rufus Ogundele moves within the Duro Ladipo Theatre Company, a space where myth and movement collide. He performs alongside his uncle’s troupe, absorbing the rhythms of Yoruba opera and the dramatic tension of stories like Oba Koso. This early immersion in theatre provides the st
ructural foundation for his visual language. The theatricality of the stage later finds its way into the compartmentalized compositions of his canvases. The shift toward visual art begins in the 1960s. He enters the workshops organized by Ulli and Georgina Beier, creative incubators that foster the Osogbo Art School. In 1963, he joins these sessions, finding a space where formal academic shackles are stripped away. Under the guidance o…
