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The Portrait Of A Black Boy (VRNCLR Series)

The Portrait Of A Black Boy (VRNCLR Series)

W 58.40cm x H 76.20cm x D 2.50cm

USD $5,500.00

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  • About this The Portrait Of A Black Boy (VRNCLR Series)

    Detail

    Medium

    Painting (Acrylic painting)

    Edition

    Original Artwork

    Year

    2021

    Sign

    Artists' signatures on the front of the artworks

    Frame

    Unframed

    Description

    The portrait of a black boy is a nostalgic painting of my childhood experience. It express my youthful exuberance playing with my father's traditional oversized cup.
    As my art style, I love to render my figure in Contemporary trend, charcoal for my flesh tone and bright acrylic for the clothes and background.
    I love to explore the art concept of complementary colours that's why I use purple on the background and yellow for the clothes in pop art style.
    This painting is a afrocentric pop art showing characters that are known to African culture and those that are known to pop art culture. This painting is part of a series I called VRNCLR which means vernacular. Vernacular is a serious I started to exaggerate the impact of colonialism on African culture and fashion making it an hybrid of two cultures.

  • About this artist

    Concept

    Artist Statement
    Being a self-taught artist, my approach is to experiment with human forms and investigate the psychology of being, by capturing the emotional state of my subject at a particular moment and by asking: ‘how do we feel a sense of belonging in an environment that constantly tells us we are not enough?’
    I work with mixed media using charcoal, oil, acrylic, and fabric to create a dialogue of human anatomy. I particularly love rendering the flesh tones in charcoal while all other parts are covered with vibrant colours. Sometimes I infuse signs and symbols of the rich West African heritage into my work to further illustrate my rich ancestry as a Nigerian/Beninoise.
    My figurative pieces focus more on the socio-cultural impact of the African youth as I find meaning in the mundane activities and exuberance scene in the neighbourhood.
    I am also intrigued by the impact of colonialism on black culture and these are seen in the way I portray the figures in my painting which are characterized by poise, elegance, and iconic postures of the old masters’ paintings. I use my art as a form of activism to challenge the contemporary issues in the society.

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