| 词条 | Adebisi Akanji |
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Adebisi Akanji (born 1930s) is a Nigerian artist. Early life and educationIn his early life he worked as a bricklayer,[1][2] and first began to create sculptures as part of a competition to sculpt cement animals based on traditional architectural elements in Yoruba houses.[3] CareerAkanji is best known for his open-faced cement screens and other sculptural work. He has also worked in textiles.[3] His work often illustrates themes from Yoruba folklore. In collaboration with Susanne Wenger, he worked for a decade on the Osun shrine in Osogbo, Nigeria, and is responsible for many of the shrine's sculptural elements.[3][4] References1. ^{{cite|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPcap/2000-01/23/003r-012300-idx.html |title=Nigeria's 'Concrete' Achievements |author=Jo Ann Lewis |date=23 January 2000 |page=G01 | work=Special to The Washington Post}} 2. ^{{cite web |url=http://new.diaspora-artists.net/display_item.php?id=2030&table=artists |title=Adebisi Akanji |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |website= |publisher= |access-date=7 July 2015 |quote=}} 3. ^1 2 {{cite web |url=http://africa.si.edu/exhibits/oshogbo/akanji_B.htm |title=Adebisi Akanji |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |website= |publisher= |access-date=6 July 2015 |quote=}} 4. ^Official Opening of the Arch of the Flying Tortoise, Osun-Osogbo, Aug. 2015 on susannewenger-aot.org External links{{Commons category|Adebisi Akanji}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Akanji, Adebisi}}{{Nigeria-artist-stub}} 8 : 20th-century Nigerian sculptors|Yoruba artists|1930s births|Living people|Nigerian bricklayers|21st-century Nigerian artists|21st-century sculptors|Male sculptors |
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