Mustapha Garba Nadama

A Review of Reflected Landscape Paintings: The Nigerian Perspective

This paper examines selected reflected landscape paintings within the context of Nigerian contemporary art practice, with emphasis on the aesthetic, symbolic, and conceptual significance of water reflections in landscape representation. The study traces the historical development of landscape painting from the Western tradition to its emergence in ...

Lines as Language: A Conceptual Approach to the Samaru Landscape in Contemporary Painting

This study investigates the role of line as a conceptual language in interpreting the Samaru landscape through painting. It explores the progression from realism to abstraction and conceptual reassembly, positioning line not merely as a structural device but as a medium of cultural and philosophical expression. Using a practice-based methodology, t...

A Visual Interplay of Cracks Metaphorically to Present Segregation in Conceptual Painting

This installation-based study investigates the intersection of conceptual art, site-specific installation, and socio-political critique by employing the metaphor of cracks to visualise segregation. Executed on and around a visibly cracked wall, the work unfolds in three interconnected parts that blend found objects, black-painted tree branches, and...