One of the works in Ogbonna’s collection
A
politician and art enthusiast, Mrs. Nkechi Chukwueke, has commended
art collector and the proprietor of The Aguene Art Foundation, Chief
Solomon Ogbonna, for his interest and investment in the sector.
She said Ogbonna’s projects would not only serve as an avenue for job creation but also expose young artists to the art world.
“With such magnitude of artworks in the
care of a private collector, there would be attraction to other art
lovers in other countries, which will create revenue for income and
boost the country economy through tourism,” she added.
She spoke at a media parley by art
collector, Chief Solomon Ogbonna in Ajah, a suburb of Lagos. Ogbonna,
who has many pieces of artworks, including beads, bronze, metal, wood,
copper, painting and terracotta, is involved in the advocacy aimed at
protecting and preserving the art, culture and tradition of his people,
especially those being eroded by western influence. He is currently
constructing a building for a private museum and also for his art
foundation called.
In his remarks, he said the preservation
of art, culture and the tradition of the people is a vision flowing in
the blood of his family.
“The Aguene Art Foundation is a product
of my love for art,” he noted. “I want to use this foundation to help
young artists who are talented but do not have the material to showcase
and expose their talent to the world because of no resources. The
foundation will help them with their creativity and make them
independent, and also serve as a medium to empower students who are
talented – in primary and secondary schools and also in higher
institutions.
According to Ogbonna, he hopes foreign
art collectors would collaborate with him. He said his artworks are not
for sale because they are history that must be preserved.
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