Syncretic Birthrights, digital image 11
Odera Igbokwe
June 12 – July 8, 2023
Creative Access Description
A colour portrait image of an oil painting on wooden panel, measuring 20 inches by 30 inches tall, mounted on a white wall in a gallery space. The painting features a single figure looking directly at the viewer, standing tall, their body turned in profile. They wear a fluffy or feathered full bodysuit the colour of deep cool blue stone. Upon their head is a huge bowl, balanced and draped in a long transparent veil. Within the veil, the figure is surrounded by a pair of equally majestic and tall figures, standing similarly with bodies in a row and faces turned towards the viewer. They are made of silvery liquid or perhaps the veil itself made flesh, showing chiselled muscles and restful expressions, their defined arms softly hugging and draped over the central figure. Around the veil and figures are round faces, reminiscent of African masks and the phases of the moon, their expressions also calm with eyes closed. Above the bowl, floats oval shapes showing the moon through her various phases, overlapping like a jewelled necklace. The background mountains are a softer blue or purple, also painted in a texture similar to a huge stack of feathers. The sky sets into a trans-flag coloured sunset.Description
Detail shot of the work The Veil in Syncretic Birthrights.Identifier
2023.0512 SYN I011Extent
1 digital imageArtist
Odera IgbokwePhotographer
Dennis HaRelated program
Syncretic Birthrights (Related)In copyright. For uses beyond Fair Dealing, research requests, corrections, takedown requests, or other inquiries, please contact grunt gallery: archives@grunt.ca