About Me
- Gloria Ojulari Sule Artist
- I am a practising Visual Artist/Maker based in South London. My work includes drawing, painting, mixed media, moving image and installation. My practice derives from my experience as a black British woman of dual heritage, a mother and aspects of my background thus far. I assemble, work and rework the multiple strands of this personal material to create work that comments on of issues of identity and culture within our racially complex sociality today.
Thursday, November 04, 2010
Costume for Two
I made an interactive costume created in response to Fabric of a Nation, touring British Museum exhibition showing at Brent Museum. It is designed so that two children can wear it at the same time!
My inspiration for this piece is from the bold and elaborate Egungun Oyo masquerade costumes, which are worn at festivals held by Yoruba-speaking people in Nigeria to remember and pay respect to ancestors. The piece is also inspired by Ghanaian kente and adinkra cloths, traditional West African textiles and contemporary African artwork.
As with the traditional Egungun masquerade costumes, this handmade piece has been made out of a wide range of materials, from Dutch wax prints to bottle tops, and from batik fabrics to shells. The colourful strips of cloth move easily as wearers dance and perform, and contain both traditional and contemporary stories which you are invited to read.
My inspiration for this piece is from the bold and elaborate Egungun Oyo masquerade costumes, which are worn at festivals held by Yoruba-speaking people in Nigeria to remember and pay respect to ancestors. The piece is also inspired by Ghanaian kente and adinkra cloths, traditional West African textiles and contemporary African artwork.
As with the traditional Egungun masquerade costumes, this handmade piece has been made out of a wide range of materials, from Dutch wax prints to bottle tops, and from batik fabrics to shells. The colourful strips of cloth move easily as wearers dance and perform, and contain both traditional and contemporary stories which you are invited to read.
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