Ibou Ndoye's Neighbors Near and Far and Adebunmi Gbadebo's Uprooted,Gallery Response,Quotes, &Self-portrait

Adebunmi Gbadebo  work began out of a rejection of traditional art materials because of their association with Whiteness. Art history teaches us that the masters, the best to have ever used paint or those worthy enough to be painted, were white men. Not only did her reject that narrative and its materials, but her also went on to find a material and a history in which to root her work that positions the people who looked like her as central  practice. Adebunmi Gbadebo chose human Black hair as her primary medium. Varied locs of hair climb up a wall in her sculpture, Dada. Hair is also embedded in her prints, with images referencing her ancestry. Even though having been “uprooted,” these hair locs carry histories and memories within their DNA of people of the African diaspora.

Ibou began his career as a painter in the late 1980s during a period in Senegal called the "Set Setal," or clean-up movement. The movement encouraged artists to embellish the environment by expressing themselves through murals on buildings and walls. It was during this time that Ibou painted several murals in the suburban city of Pikine.Eventually Ibou’s interests changed. Following a tradition brought from the Middle East to Senegal one hundred years prior, Ibou entered and renovated the world of glass painting.People like Ibou began to look back at the traditional style of their predecessors with a new inspiration. Instead of painting traditional African scenes on clean sheets of regularly shaped glass, Ibou started breaking and layering the glass to create new textures and effects.In the late 90s Ibou began exhibiting his work around Africa and Europe in local and internationally touring shows. The Biannual of African Art hosted in Dakar regularly accepts Ibou’s work for exhibition in a show titled "The Salon of Glass Painting." In 1999 Ibou expanded his involvement in Senegal’s art scene when he started running glass painting workshops at the El Hadji Doudou Mbath Primary School, and later at the Dakar YMCA. All his artwork represented something that he believed in. His work mostly focused on African American women and men. As he mentioned, he likes to draw many faces because the faces are what tells a story about the person. His painting’s focused on history and the present. Each painting had cultural clothes or patterns in it. His work has many textures, colors, fabrics which is amazing.  What I found was interesting was when he said that one of his beautiful paintings was created in one day. Glass is a major part of his identity.  The work of activism can be hard. Some activism might face criticism. Ibou Ndoye is a wonderful activist. As he grew up in the poor suburb’s he began to expand his talent. As he started to create his piece, he didn’t want attention. Ndoye became popular because his artwork spoke to many people. Women and men could connect to his artwork. He describes the life of the people in those paintings. Also, he describes each of the faces that he painted. He mentioned that people can make a lot of faces when it comes to different situations. His work is portrayed with broken glass, work on paper, work on canvas and sculptures. He is an activist because he doesn’t only focus on one thing.
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Adebunmi Gbadebo, History Paper Portrait: Uprooted, 2018, hair made into paper, thread, silk screen, artificial braids. 

Self- Portrait

I draw his picture for Mohamed Salah because he is a Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Liverpool and the Egypt national team. Considered one of the best players in the world, he is known for his finishing, dribbling, and speed. Also he know as he Egyptian king because he has been a role model for a lot of kids and he is the most famous  person in Egypt and most of the world.

I chose to draw this picture because he also one of my role model and I would like to become a famous like him and do something importin that ever one can remember me by.

Mohamed Salah is an Egyptian professional footballer