Susanne Wenger

1915–2009

WA-00020155

Graz, Austria

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WikidataQ539177

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Transformations in Modern Architecture

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1979

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Susanne Wenger MFR, also known as Adunni Olorisha, was an Austrian-Nigerian artist and Yoruba priestess who expatriated to Nigeria. Her main focus was the Yoruba culture and she was successful in building an artist cooperative in Osogbo. She partnered with local artists in Osogbo to redevelop and redecorate the Osun Osogbo Sacred Grove with sculptures and carvings depicting the various activities of the Orishas.

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Group Exhibition Transformations in Modern Architecture

New York · 1979