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- When Senbanjo finishes painting, his subjects become more than a body; they evolve into a moving piece of perplexing artwork. The New York-based artist is most famous for his collaboration with Beyoncé on her recent visual album Lemonade, for which he painted all of the dancers’ bodies and that of the singer herself, which catapulted him to fame.
www.vice.com/en/article/laolu-senbanjo-beyonce-nigerian-body-painting-artist/Nike and Beyoncé Love This Nigerian Body Painting Artist - VICE
Apr 26, 2016 · Dancers adorned in Laolu's white Yoruba body paint move and sway while seated on a bus with Beyoncé, who recites a haunting monologue inspired by a poem by Somali-British poet Warsan Shire.
Oct 27, 2020 · Here’s Your Answer No, I didn’t. The whole story was telling Bey’s story in the faces of the dancers and women. There’s this very, very, I don’t know, strong emotion, that celebrates ...
Mar 13, 2017 · Hand-painted using white body paint on bare skin, these beautiful designs are more than decorative patterns: they’re ancient Nigerian symbols and codes. What’s more, no two of Senbanjo’s ...
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Apr 24, 2016 · Nigerian-American artist Laolu Senbanjo is behind the body art in Beyonce's Lemonade, calls it Sacred Art of the Ori.
Apr 30, 2016 · For the Nigerian visual artist and singer, Laolu Senbanjo, it was dream come true on Saturday evening, April 23, 2016, when his ‘Yoruba body art’ came to life for the first time when Beyoncé’s...
Apr 28, 2016 · Nigerian artist Laolu Senbanjo saw his paintings brought to mainstream audiences when Beyoncé displayed his work in her HBO short film.
Apr 25, 2016 · In the monochrome section entitled Apathy, Beyoncé’s background dancers are seen wearing intricate white body paint while riding in a metal bus and moving to the album’s fourth track, “Sorry.”
