ABSTRACT

Sculpture, has evolved over time, and through the period of its development so many ideas from diverse sources have been discovered by sculptors. African maskshave been explored by foreign artists like, Amideo Modigliani and Pablo Picasso in their paintings and sculptures, this direction has influenced to a large extent the trend of contemporary western sculptures. The problem of this research however, is that the masks culture of Bassa Nge is gradually facing extinction due to the growing influence of western culture. The aim of this study is to create relief sculptures inspired by Elebo masks forms using mild steel, while the objectives are to; execute representational forms of the Elebo masks in sculpture, create stylised sculpture compositions as inspired by Elebo mask forms and to explore the Elebo masks in Geometrical forms in sculpture.  The research method used was the exploratory Studio Practice-based research methodology, which involved visualization and practical observation of the Elebo mask forms.

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