tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813072366259328821.post5506334698978236010..comments2023-11-21T16:44:04.109-05:00Comments on Ọfọdunka: Contemporary Art and the Nigerian Law MakersChika Okeke-Aguluhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695768307211152670noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813072366259328821.post-80627144180834769362010-11-04T07:55:34.551-04:002010-11-04T07:55:34.551-04:00The use of the word 'Dump'in a respectful ...The use of the word 'Dump'in a respectful bill is in such poor taste, Really! ...it actually means to throw out, to ditch, to get rid of, discard or throw away... If these fellows had respect for art and artists they should have been careful on such use of words that seek to create hostility and rebellion. I agree... greed lurks within this bill...be very warned!Maggie Otienohttp://www.africancolours.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813072366259328821.post-67288823274197069302010-11-04T02:50:25.773-04:002010-11-04T02:50:25.773-04:00The proposed bill is not available online, because...The proposed bill is not available online, because it was not meant to be public or discussed openly. If only I had the time to post them myself! <br /><br />I agree with you that one might think that maybe some people in the corridors of power had decided to find a way to help the National Gallery raise an endowment or build its collection through confiscated works. But that is way too much to assume when you are talking about Nigerian politicians. Which is not to say that there may not exist weird politician in Abuja that got into "elected" office with the intention to serve, rather than to join the looting of a nation. There may well be. But when you want to register all artists practicing in Nigeria for the sake of collecting a percentage of art sales; when you mandate payment of a certain percentage of construction budget for government buildings, regardless of their use, to the National Gallery, rather than to a federal agency charged with, and has the expertise for, funds collection; when you mandate a percentage of all art sales in Nigeria to go directly to the National Gallery of Art, which will then pay a certain percentage of the collected fund as royalty to the artist who made the sold work, I don't need an augur to tell me that there is something fundamentally wrong with this dubious re-conceptualization of the business of a gallery of art.Chika Okeke-Aguluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16695768307211152670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813072366259328821.post-79280657398090904052010-11-03T19:19:13.271-04:002010-11-03T19:19:13.271-04:00if it wasn't for the word 'dump' I'...if it wasn't for the word 'dump' I'd almost thought somebody found a cheap way of increasing/improving the NGA's collection ... out of curiosity, would the full document yet be available somewhere, preferably online? (I've been searching but didn't find it)Katrin Schulzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07690836401268657862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813072366259328821.post-85512749537944219102010-11-02T16:24:15.631-04:002010-11-02T16:24:15.631-04:00I am just seeing this for the first time. It is s...I am just seeing this for the first time. It is so disgusting and annoying.<br /><br />Peju LayiwolaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8813072366259328821.post-75662310575277804782010-11-02T16:23:12.127-04:002010-11-02T16:23:12.127-04:00I am just seeing this for the first time. It is s...I am just seeing this for the first time. It is so disgusting and annoying.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com