Syncretic Birthrights, digital image 5
Odera Igbokwe
June 12 – July 8, 2023
Creative Access Description
A colour landscape image of two paintings mounted on a white wall in a gallery space. On the left is an unframed oil painting on wooden panel mounted on L-shaped brackets featuring a swirl and sweep of soft candy pink and purple clouds wrapped around a seated figure with one leg raised. The head and left arm are draped over their knee, and their Black skin is in contrast while also being complementary to the swirling pinks and lavenders of their hair. In the background is a pale blue, softly darkening sky. Next to this is another unframed work, an oil painting on watercolour paper floating by six L-shaped metal brackets. This painting features a floating figure with a crown of Bantu knots and ebony skin sitting cross-legged against a pink and purple gradient background. Their arms encircle a large open book covered in Nsibidi symbols, whose pages float out and away towards a circular portal behind and above their head. Through the portal, a pasture of green and pink florals is illuminated by a bright blue sky.Description
Exhibition shot of the works Oya's Gate and The Griot in Syncretic Birthrights.Identifier
2023.0512 SYN I005Extent
1 digital imageArtist
Odera IgbokwePhotographer
Dennis HaRelated program
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