Igbo art (Igbo: Ǹkà Igbo) is any piece of visual art originating from the Igbo people. The Igbo produce a wide variety of art including traditional figures, masks, artifacts and textiles, plus works in metals such as bronze. Artworks from the Igbo have been found from as early as 9th century with the bronze artifacts found at Igbo Ukwu. With processes of colonialism and the opening of Nigeria to Western influences, the vocabulary of fine art and art history came to interact with established traditions. Therefore, the term can also refer to contemporary works of art produced in response to global demands and interactions.
The relative lack of centralization that characterized Igbo forms of governance has resulted in greater difficulties in terms of the scholarly study of artistic productions. Lacking the expansive and hierarchical as well as widespread mythology of, for example, the Yoruba, Igbo art is more localized. As such, general studies of Igbo art do not exist.[1] An added difficulty in studying Igbo art is that there is no clear consensus on who counts as being a member of the Igbo culture. There is often a tension between self-identification and external classification which means that the identity is fluid and continually re-negotiated.[2] Understanding the developments of Igbo art production is often hindered by the assumption that forms of "traditional" art remain unchanging.[3]
^Ottenberg, Simon (February 1983). "Igbo and Yoruba Art Contrasted". African Arts. 16 (2): 48–55, 97–98. doi:10.2307/3335850. JSTOR 3335850.
^Cole, Herbert M. (1988). "Igbo Arts and Ethnicity: Problems and Issues". African Arts. 21 (2): 26–27+93. doi:10.2307/3336525. ISSN 0001-9933. JSTOR 3336525.
^Ogbechie, Sylvester Okwunodu (2005). "The Historical Life of Objects African Art History and the Problem of Discursive Obsolescence". African Arts. 38 (4): 62–95. doi:10.1162/afar.2005.38.4.62. ISSN 0001-9933. JSTOR 20447736.
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