WHEN selected artists of the two countries converged on Lagos, the abstractive contents of Picasso of 1907 to 1909, which changed the face of modernism and linked African and European arts was though less visible, but a new cross culture age, attempting to re-energise that Afro-Euro links has beckoned.
IN its title, Crosscurrents, a collaborative art exhibition, which featured Nigerian and Italian artists at the Civic Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos, from March 16 to 19, 2011, the message is clear. And interestingly, about 18 of these artists, are below the age of 50. From painting, mixed media to photography and digital imaging, the exhibited artists Kolade Oshinowo, Abiodun Olaku, Alex Nwokolo, Rom Isichei, Uche Edochie, Peju Alatise, Chidi Kwubiri Oliver Enwonwu, Uche James Iroha Mudi Yahaya (Nigerians) and Matteo Basile, Angelo Bellobono, Filippo Centenari, Francesco Cervelli, Alberto Di Fabio, Stefania Fabrizi, Omar Galliani, Jonathan Guitamacchi, Adriano Nardi, Davide Eron Salvadei (Italians), showed the dynamics of contemporary art in both countries.