Niyi Olagunju Baga Boy (Gold Chrome), 2022
Wood and Gold chrome Aluminum
Baby Baga #7
Wood & chrome plated Aluminium
Baga Nimba (Gold Chrome-Wood) #2 2022
Wood & chrome plated Aluminium
Baga Silver Wood-Chrome, 2020
Wood & Chrome plated Aluminium
Baga Nimba (Gold) 2018
Wood, Bronze and Gold leaf
Olagunju’s contemporary appropriation of traditional Baga Nimba shoulder masks of Guinea continues his exploration of global trade and what he describes as the "commoditization of everything.” The sculptures are bisected vertically and each half is cast in metal and reconnected to the original wood sculpture. In the case of “Baga Nimba (Gold)”, the metal half was cast in bronze and hand-gilded in 22 carat gold leaf.
Baga Nimba (Gold Chrome-Wood) 2021
Wood & Chrome plated aluminium