Volume 6, Issue 1 (November)

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Research Article

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

Saleh Daniel Jabaka^*, Mustapha Garba Nadama

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, the research incorporates painting, drawing, and mi...

Nov, 2025 pp. 1-10

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Research Article

The Relevance of Graffiti Art Practice in a Postmodern Environment

Zinbe Sabo Gushi^*, Abafras Abednego Gurin

Graffiti, seen by some people as mere vandalism and defacement of orderly environment, has emerged as a complex cultural phenomenon that intersects with art, politics, identity, and urban space. Postmodern environments are characterised by pluralism, fragmentation, and the blurring of high and low cultured boundaries, graffiti art practice plays a critical role in shaping public discourse and nego...

Nov, 2025 pp. 11-20

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Research Article

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

Zumnan Moses Sekuk^*, Mustapha Garba Nadama

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 multicoloured woven fabrics into a spatial, immer...

Nov, 2025 pp. 21-27

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Research Article

Indigenous Media: The Role of Local Languages and Cultural Narratives in Shaping National Identity

Ibrahim Mamman^*, Kayla Gerson, Emmanuel Ifraimu, Josiah Philip

This study examines the role of local languages and cultural narratives in shaping national identity. It looks at how important regional languages and cultural narratives are in forming a country’s identity. It emphasises the complex relationship amongst indigenous languages, literature, and culture by examining their interdependence. Nigeria’s rich cultural legacy presents a special chance to adv...

Nov, 2025 pp. 28-32

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Research Article

Digital Curating in Contemporary Art Practice

Faida Samuel^*

Digital curating has become a vital aspect of contemporary art practice, reforming how art is created, displayed, and experienced. This paper explores the emergence of digital curating as an innovative response to technological advancement and global challenges such as the COVID-19 pandemic. It examines how curators have adapted from traditional gallery-based practices to virtual exhibitions, onli...

Nov, 2025 pp. 33-37

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Research Article

Studio Practice as a Base for Effective Academic Research in Creative Arts

Ilekhuogie Rex Osawaru^*, Ojeo Oluwafunmilayo Loromeke

If research is the systematic investigation into a subject with a view to discovering facts, establishing the truth about something, revising a theory, or to developing a plan of action based on facts discovered, then the art studio should, as a matter of necessity, form the basis for an effective and analytical research crucible for an academic discourse. Creative works of art are themselves chan...

Nov, 2025 pp. 38-44

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Research Article

The Role of Visual Art and Performing Art in Peace Building Across Northern Nigeria

Franklin Pyokpung Zaure^*

This paper explores the transformative role of fine art in peace-building across Northeast, North Central, and Northwest Nigeria, affected by insurgency, ethno-religious conflict, and rural insecurity. Through interviews with selected artists and analysis of their work, the study investigates how visual art and performance arts foster healing, dialogue, and social cohesion. The findings reveal tha...

Nov, 2025 pp. 45-58

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Research Article

Sculpting Social Conscience: Insecurity and Marginalisation in Nigeria through the Work Area Boys

Paul Aziza Imieh^*

This paper investigates the representation of insecurity and marginalisation in Nigeria through the practice-based sculpture Area Boys. The study examines the social phenomenon of street boys locally referred to as Area Boys whose emergence reflects the consequences of poverty, neglect, and failed governance. Through a creative process rooted in material symbolism and social engagement, the paper ...

Nov, 2025 pp. 59-65

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Research Article

Adaptation of Stained-Glass Techniques for the Exploration of Child Labour in Painting

Rahila J. Zira^*, Nura Garba

Art has long served as a potent tool for social commentary, capable of transcending linguistic and cultural barriers to evoke empathy and provoke social reform. This study, Adaptation of Stained-Glass Techniques for the Exploration of Child Labour in Painting, reinterprets the aesthetic and structural principles of stained glass, its colour fragmentation, geometric segmentation, and luminous inter...

Nov, 2025 pp. 66-77

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Research Article

Graphics Design Inferences of Social Engineering

Samuel Gregory Effiong^*

Social engineering is a phrase not used commensurately enough to replicate its value to society, especially regarding how relevant it is to the contemporary milieu. In many aspects of life, including religion, politics, education, and other social interest areas, especially in African communities, there are general outcries of generational bankruptcy in norms, values, and morals, and ways of advan...

Nov, 2025 pp. 78-89