Syncretic Birthrights, digital image 16
Odera Igbokwe
June 12 – July 8, 2023
Creative Access Description
A colour portrait image of an oil painting on wood panel mounted on a white wall in a gallery space. The painting is 20 inches by 30 inches tall. The painting features three smiling and confident youths standing atop a wooden plinth with flecks of gold and emerald. The central youth holds a bowl-like sceptre or censer, and they face forward towards the viewer. Behind and to the left, is another youth holding a diamond-shaped blade on a tall spear. To the right is another youth mostly obscured by the huge shield they hold. Behind the youth and towering up is a city carved in earth, wood, and stone. Giant trees topped with fluffy canopies peek out to the left and right of the mountain-like city, similar to how the youth stand together at its base. The stone city rises up and becomes the legs and pants of a huge figure that stands crouched over the youth, holding a colossal boulder or globe across their back and shoulders, supported by their arms. From the gargantuan figure's neck dangles a necklace with large round and flat medallions in a heavy cascade. The figure does not seem to strain from their heavy burden, and their face is serene.Description
Detail shot of the work The Sacrifice in Syncretic Birthrights.Identifier
2023.0512 SYN I016Extent
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