Kikelomo Oladepo, the daughter of artist Jinadu Oladepo, lives and works in Nigeria. Her bold
starch resist wall hangings are reminiscent of her father’s bronzes but because of their larger
scale they are more dramatic. The two animals on the traditional indigo blue cloth seem to be
goats accompanied by a snake, common elements of the local countryside. The larger panel of a
woman carrying water and a tree with a snake in it speak to us of everyday life, the toil of
fetching water and the ever present danger.
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