Florence Adeyemi (1949 - ) also of Nigeria is self-taught and wife to a batik artist. Her
depictions of daily life and religion are bold, honest and filled with patterns and texture. The
Dancing Spider is a small painting showing the frontal view of a masquerader bedecked by
sprawling legs emanating from the head which is framed by a web-like collar. The whole figure is
punctuated by an outline of ochre while black lines define all the shapes. Four of the people in
Happy Family face the viewer with boggling eyes while a daughter seems to linger shyly behind the
father. This painting is highlighted by primary colors; all shapes are again outlined in
black, and patterns such as the small rectangles of the walls and pyramidal rooftops abound.
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