Samson Bakare

20 September 2022

Samson Bakare (b.1993) is a multidisciplinary Nigerian artist. His work centres
around propagation of black identity and values in both contemporary and retrospective context. While representing historical scenes, Samson has been able to document black people in different time and space. His narrative covers portraits of African men and women with blank expressions as they strive for cultural emancipation. The East African Coptic art has been the basic influence in his exploration, even as the theme and subject remains a hybrid of classicism and stylisation which he calls Afro-classicism. Samson has depicted several satirical pieces with an attempt to review the excesses of British imperialism and projecting racial equality. His painting features figures with reconstructed forms and a fusion of comical rendition.