Title:Simon Obeka, Having Done All, I Stand 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Landscape, Women, Oil, 2023Description:Creator:
Simon Obeka (1996, Nigerian)
Creation Year:
2023
Dimensions:
Height: 36 in (91.44 cm)Width: 30 in (76.2 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)
Medium:
Canvas,Oil
Movement & Style:
Contemporary
Period:
21st Century
Condition:
NewAdditional Information: Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. "Idolo" is a striking visual narrative that delves into themes of reverence, cultural synthesis, and the timeless nature of iconography. The painting presents an African figurine garbed in a medieval European dress, complete with a collar and cap, juxtaposing African and European historical elements to create a powerful, transcultural icon. The background, adorned with branches and vibrant orange fruit, symbolizes vitality, abundance, and the interconnectedness of life. Oranges, often associated with prosperity and health, enhance the painting’s message of richness that emerges from cultural amalgamation. "Idolo" invites viewers to reflect on the concept of idols and icons, challenging conventional boundaries and encouraging a re-examination of historical and cultural identities. This painting celebrates the beauty and complexity that arise from blending diverse heritages, suggesting that true reverence lies in the acknowledgment and appreciation of our shared human experience. About Artist Orioye Bukola, born in 1993 in Osogbo, Orioye is a native of Ekiti State. A graduate of Chemistry from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Trained by Mr. Tope Fatumbi of Topfat Art Gallery; Adamasingba, Ibadan 2019. He is inspired by societal issues and life demands, beauty, culture, and African Spirituality – with a focus more on the female gender as a conduit to all else. His philosophy is about simplicity and determination without harm none. Orioye's mind quest has progressed to infused questionings and suppositions in his canvases beyond mere rhetorical aesthetics; (as the trendy atmosphere now seems mostly to suggest). His works speak in metaphors that flow between the past, the present, and the postulation of the future. He probes on relics to unearth anchored reasoning which shares semblances with contemporary happenings. His stylistic sense is inventive of punkish style piles of hair reminiscent of the 80s and discotheques, parted with sharp oblique angles which are reflections of the hard chiselled surfaces of the Yoruba effigies he introduces into his works, seasoned with a strong sense of fashion. Orioye is concerned with African spirituality and how it interfaces with the identity, memories, worship, and total well-being of the people. This adaptation of the past to interface with the present and postulate a futuristic nuance is evident in his warm leathered-clad supersonic subjects whose demeanour echoes the Star Trek, UFO, and intergalactic Adour of postmodern Hollywood cinematic periods. This pendulum of interactions between the past, the present, and the futuristic postulations, defines Orioye’s works and lends them a certain direction. The combinations create inquisitiveness for explorations that permeate the borrowed eras, espousing bygone traits of exhumed investigative nuances, memories, identities, and spirituality of bygone cultural epochs. It will be exhilarating to calmly observe the growth of Orioye Bukola’s sojourn in the interpretations of his curious and investigative narratively placed overtures.
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