BRUCE ONOBRAKPEYA (1932). Ekuoregbe.

Bruce Onobrakpeya (born 1932), Ekuoregbe (Gathering), etching on metal (deep foil), 1988, signed, dated, numbered and titled, inscribed again on the reverse on the wooden backing of the frame, copy 4/75 approx. 21 x 28 cm, with frame approx. 27 x 33.5 cm.

The Nigerian painter, printmaker and sculptor Bruce Obomeyoma Onobrakpeya is considered one of the pioneers of Nigerian modernism. He is one of the founding members of the Zaria Art Society and taught at St. Gregory’s College in Lagos. His visual language links myths and signs of the Urhobo culture with Christian motifs and a post-colonial context. Solo exhibitions in Atlanta and Washington D.C. have honored his life's work as groundbreaking.

Onobrakpeya created various artworks with the title 'Ekuoregbe' (gathering/cohesion), which symbolically stands for the unity and common spirit of Nigeria. The term comes from the Urhobo language (spoken in Delta State in southern Nigeria).