Artist: Adetola Wewe
Title: ÀWỌN ẸLẸYẸ (BIRD-MOTHERS)
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Date: 2015
With the painting Tola Wewe pays homage to The Mothers, as he begins a new season of work.
No matter how long it lives, the Greatest Lion will eventually die miserably. That’s the world! They may die young from injuries they sustained while defending their Pride. They may die old, enfeebled by age. At their Peak, they rule, chase other animals, catch, devour, gulp, and leave their crumbs for hyenas. But age comes fast. The old Lion can’t hunt, can’t kill, or defend itself. It roams and roars until it runs out of luck. It will be cornered by the hyenas, nibbled ...