![A carved wooden post made up of two human figures stacked one on top of the other and separated by a patterned geometric form. The figure at the top has an elaborate hairstyle and holds a staff in each hand. The figure at the bottom wears a hat and holds a drum in one hand.](https://learn.ncartmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Fakeye-Veranda-Post-with-Divination-Priest-Babalowo-and-520x365.jpg)
Lamidi Olonade Fakeye (artist)
About
Lamidi Olonade Fakeye stands between traditional Yoruba artists and academically trained Nigerian artists who are part of the international contemporary art world. A member of a long line of Yoruba wood carvers, Fakeye began his career by serving a three-year apprenticeship in carving. After additional training and extensive travel, He developed a distinctive, personal interpretation of Yoruba woodcarving grounded in traditional techniques and materials. In his works decorative passages on items of clothing or coiffures are set off against the simplified anatomical forms and broad facial planes of the figures.