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ORIGINAL POST
You be the judge of what is happening here.
Is it inspiration? Is this an example of copying?
Which is original? Which is the copied work?
1st Piece:
Ugo Ananaba, Crystal Eyes, 2003
Last shown at an exhibition titled “Lines and Reason” at Quintessence in 2005.
2nd Piece:
Joe Amenechi, Peeping Boy, 2013.
Last shown at an exhibition titled “Pieces of Me” at Rele Gallery in 2015.
