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Wilfred Ukpong 
Emblems of Prowess 
Images are touchstones which demand that we tap into deeper realms of thought and action. In Wilfred 
Ukpong's work, even the very frames within which he presents his painted images are performances of 
signifying power. They are wrought in iron, welded into the form of the Nsibidi pictograph of the mirror. 
Thus, the viewer is invited to regard in the paintings a reflection of him or herself, recorded as discrete 
passages of historical import. 
- David Doris 
African Art Historian, Yale University 
Quintessence, Ikoyi, Lagos - 2000
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