Creator:
Afolayan Emmanuel (2001, Nigerian)
Creation Year:
2024
Dimensions:
Height: 36 in (91.44 cm)Width: 36 in (91.44 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)
Medium:
Canvas,Oil
Movement & Style:
Expressionist
Period:
21st Century
Condition:
New

Additional Information: Shipping Procedure FREE Shipping Worldwide 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. DOWN NEPA - The nostalgic chant of dissatisfaction and pain we make when there's an electricity outage. NEPA was our reliance and confidence in the dark but the local lantern is always our backup plan because we never can trust NEPA, not even when it got changed to PHCN. We always made sure the kerosene was intact, and never dared to break the "egg" because Grandma had always threatened to draw long marks on our faces with the broken glass if we ever broke it. ÀTÙPÀ, as grandma used to call it; would give the orange light feel, cast long shadows across the room, and guide us as we tended to our homework, less worried about the heat it emitted nor the carbon monoxide because all that mattered was the joy of illumination it gave us as a substitute for NEPA. DOWN NEPA! Today we have energy-saving rechargeable lamps and bulbs that have made life easier. I am sure the GEN-Z cannot relate to our pains. Ìgbà lo ni'gba nka, seasons are relative. About Artist Born in the city of Lagos, Awosola Michael Angello’s oil paintings tend to register his state of emotions and thoughts and also explore the emotions of his viewers by employing magical implementation of chiaroscuro, alongside the powerful use of strong beams of vibrant colors and lights in passing across his messages through the dramatic poses and emotions embedded in his realistic figure paintings. As a baroque artist, his creativity is crystalized out of his nostalgic experiences, and his messages tend to examine as well the present life scenario of the socio-cultural activities of Africans and evidently, the occurrence that plays around him daily in passing across his messages. In his painting technique, Angello is very engrossed with the heavy usage of chiaroscuro as he draws on the Baroque Art Movement in his use of colors and light contrasts in a contemporary way. He considers Lorenzo Bernini, Caravaggio, and Rembrandt as he takes for drawing inspiration despite how he tries to remain creative to fit in for his contemporary 21st century age. Describing how much influenced he is by these masters, he states “I’m always so impressed with the way they place their shades and how they tell their stories, using sensational lightings, dramatic movements of forms and depths of emotions their paintings convey above all. Therefore, I try to create my light sources and because of my love for vibrant colors, I make use of heavily shaded backgrounds to contrast my highlights and reduce the noise of my paintings, to maintain the messages in them.” Angello has exhibited his works in Lagos and Abuja and was presented at the 2022 edition of the Iconic Lagos Art Exhibition at the Didi Museum. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science from the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Ondo state in 2015, currently lives in Abuja and is presently being represented by Susa Rodríguez-Garrido, artist, curator, publisher, and founder of Agama Art Publishing & Agency.

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