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Gallery: Nigerian cutlery sculptor Abinoro Akporode

The African MirrorNovember 20, 20221 Min Read

Abinoro Akporode Collins working next to his art work in the ArtbyCollins Studio on Block 75 on the Abesan Estate road in the city of Ipaja in Lagos. Photo: Abinoro Akporode Collins

LUCY GITHUGO, BIRD STORY AGENCY

THE first thing that welcomes you to Block 75 on Abesan Estate road in Ipaja, Lagos, is a lion, a horse, an owl and an eagle- these sculptures stand guard at the entrance gate.

This is the ArtbyCollins Studio, owned by the Nigerian artist Abinoro Akporode Collins.

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Sculpture made by Abinoro Akporode Collins in the ArtbyCollins Studio on Block 75 on the Abesan Estate road in the city of Ipaja in Lagos. Photo: Abinoro Akporode Collins

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Abinoro Akporode Collins working next to his art work in the ArtbyCollins Studio on Block 75 on the Abesan Estate road in the city of Ipaja in Lagos. Photo: Abinoro Akporode Collins

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Sculpture made by Abinoro Akporode Collins in the ArtbyCollins Studio on Block 75 on the Abesan Estate road in the city of Ipaja in Lagos. Photo: Abinoro Akporode Collins

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Sculpture made by Abinoro Akporode Collins in the ArtbyCollins Studio on Block 75 on the Abesan Estate road in the city of Ipaja in Lagos. Photo: Abinoro Akporode Collins

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Sculpture made by Abinoro Akporode Collins in the ArtbyCollins Studio on Block 75 on the Abesan Estate road in the city of Ipaja in Lagos. Photo: Abinoro Akporode Collins

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Sculpture made by Abinoro Akporode Collins in the ArtbyCollins Studio on Block 75 on the Abesan Estate road in the city of Ipaja in Lagos. Photo: Abinoro Akporode Collins

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Sculpture made by Abinoro Akporode Collins in the ArtbyCollins Studio on Block 75 on the Abesan Estate road in the city of Ipaja in Lagos. Photo: Abinoro Akporode Collins

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Abinoro Akporode Collins standing next to his art work in the ArtbyCollins Studio on Block 75 on the Abesan Estate road in the city of Ipaja in Lagos. Photo: Abinoro Akporode Collins

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Sculpture made by Abinoro Akporode Collins in the ArtbyCollins Studio on Block 75 on the Abesan Estate road in the city of Ipaja in Lagos. Photo: Abinoro Akporode Collins

READ: John Hlatywayo: remembering a great Zimbabwean artist who was woefully neglected by history

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