Nigeria's 'Concrete' Achievements; At African Art, Provocative Works From a Pedestrian Precinct From: The Washington Post | Date: January 23, 2000| Author: Jo Ann Lewis | Copyright 2000 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

To celebrate an important acquisition and its successful restoration, the National Museum of African Art has mounted an imperfect but intriguing little show about a shining moment in 20th- century Nigerian art.

Its title, "A Concrete Vision: Oshogbo Art in the 1960s," is a punning reference to the show's centerpiece, a four-part 5-by-14- foot openwork concrete screen featuring scenes of daily life in the prosperous southwest Nigerian city of Oshogbo, a major food- processing and shippi...

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