The Jean Pigozzi African Art Collection

Blessed Hunter - 1990

122 x 244 cm
Ink on plywood, glued and carved

Blessed Hunter II - 1989

61 x 41 cm cm
Ink on plywood, glued and carved

Dream - 1989

61 x 122 cm cm
Ink on plywood, glued and carved

In the Mind of the Blessed Hunter - 1990

122 x 244 cm
Ink on plywood, glued and carved

King’s Beast - 1989

61 x 41 cm
Ink on plywood, glued and carved

The Architect - 1989

61 x 41 cm
Ink on plywood, glued and carved

Twins Seven Seven

Born 1944 in Nigeria. Died in 2011. He was 67.

Prince Twins Seven Seven is one of the most well known artists from the Osogbo School of Nigeria. He began his painting career in the 60s. Traditional Yoruba mythology and culture had a strong influence on his work which features Yoruba gods, humans, animals and nature.

He was chosen UNESCO Artist for Peace in 2005.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2024

La Biennale di Venezia -  60th International Art Exhibition / Stranieri Ovunque – Foreigners Everywhere , 20 April - 24 November 2024

2018/2019

Esoteric Writings, Museum of African Contemporary Art Al Maaden (MACAAL), Marrakech, Morocco

2018

Feedback: Art, Africa, and the 1980s, Iwalewahaus, Bayreuth, Germany

2013

Africa Imprint: Art from Africa and the Diaspora, Indigo Arts Gallery (Crane Arts Building, Suite 408), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

2011/2012

Twins Seven-Seven: Legacy of the Oshogbo Master, Indigo Arts Gallery (Crane Arts Building, Suite 408), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

2011

"South is the new North" - Influx Contemporary Art, Lisbon, Portugal

2004/2005

African Visions: Sculpture, Textiles, Paintings and West African Hairdresser Signs, Indigo Arts Gallery (Crane Arts Building, Suite 408), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

2001

« The Short Century. Independence and Liberation Movements in Africa 1945-1994 », Villa Stuck Museum, Munich, Germany + Berlin, Chicago and New York

1989

Magiciens de la Terre, Grande Halle de la Vilette, Paris, France

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

2010

Prince Twins Seven-Seven: His Art, His Life in Nigeria, His Exile in America

By Henry Glassie, Indiana University Press.