Sisi is a local word used to describe an beautiful, elegant and fashionable lady in Nigeria. This painting depicts a lady in a gold dress carrying a designer bag. Sisi is known to be in touch with trends and keeps tabs with the way she looks even when she earns very little. The painting explores fashion in Nigeria and how young women have embraced it as a way of life, in a bid to fit into the cultural complexities presented by the society. As beauty is not of the beholden but of the beholder.

Acrylic and Paper on Canvas, 36x36 inches, 2019

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