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Afropop artist Williams Chechet creates designs for Nigeria's first craft beer brewery

Afropop artist Williams Chechet has collaborated with Nigeria's first craft beer brewery, Bature Brewery, to create two new bespoke artworks for its Harmattan Haze and Black Gold Stout beers.

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Williams Chechet's vibrant collage artwork for Bature Brewery's Harmattan Haze beer can, featuring a figure in a red crown and purple-tinted goggles against a bold yellow background with turquoise circular shapes

The Nigerian artist's vibrant designs aim to capture "the true essence of West African Culture" in a way that's both modern, and has a nod to tradition, echoing the "pioneering nature of Bature Brewery".

Chechet's work is playful in aesthetic but also has more serious underpinnings, often exploring the politics of northern Nigeria. Leaders of his own village are often depicted in his collaged scenes alongside more recognisable IOCs, like artist Jean-Michel Basquiat and hip-hop legend Biggie Smalls.

The artist, who is represented by the Retro Africa gallery, is influenced by pop art as well as by music: many of his works directly source inspiration from the album covers "local heroes" such as Fela Kuti. His work has been exhibited internationally in London, New York, Morocco and in international art fairs such as Art X Lagos and 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair in London.

Pim-Pam and Yemisi Williams have also created unique artwork for the cans.

Bature Brewery's Harmattan Haze beer can with purple and yellow abstract design by Williams Chechet, alongside a black and white collaged figure wearing purple sunglasses, red hat and beaded necklace against a yellow background with turquoise shapes
Collage artwork by Williams Chechet featuring a Black man wearing purple goggles and a red crown, holding a Harmattan Haze beer can against a vibrant yellow, turquoise and purple background
Bature Brewery's Black Gold Stout can featuring Williams Chechet's artwork of a figure wearing gold-rimmed goggles against a geometric patterned gold and black background
Williams Chechet's collage artwork featuring a figure wearing goggles and striped clothing against a geometric gold and black patterned background, created for Bature Brewery's beer cans
Williams Chechet's Black Gold Stout design featuring a stylised portrait wearing gold-rimmed goggles against a geometric diamond pattern backdrop in black and gold.
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