Divination Painting No. 16

Jebila Okongwu

Divination Painting No. 16, 2018120 x 100cmPrice on Request
Details
MaterialGalleryLocation
oil on linenBaert GalleryLos Angeles
Description
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This vibrant contemporary artwork features a kaleidoscopic composition of geometric shapes and patterns in bold, contrasting colors. The work is dominated by triangular forms in shades of yellow, red, and blue, interspersed with various graphics, text, and symbols. The abstract design evokes a sense of movement and dynamism, with the repetitive triangular motifs creating a visually striking, almost Op-Art-like effect. The artist's use of collage and appropriation of found materials, such as vintage packaging and labels, suggests a playful commentary on consumerism and the visual language of advertising. Overall, the piece presents a visually engaging and thought-provoking exploration of color, form, and the interplay between abstraction and representation. ...

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Jebila Okongwu
Artist
Jebila Okongwu
B.1975

Jebila Okongwu critiques stereotypes of Africa and African identity and repurposes them as counterstrategies, drawing on African history, symbolism, and spirituality. One of his preferred materials is banana boxes; their tropicalized graphics articulate an ‘exotic’ provenance, much like the exoticization of African bodies from an ethnocentric perspective. When these boxes are shipped to the West from Africa, the Caribbean and South America, old routes of slavery are retraced, accentuating existing patterns of migration, trade, and exploitation. Okongwu often investigates methods to communicate what it feels like to be embedded in structures of domination such as colonialism, racism, and exploitation, and how to represent this aspect of blackness. His frequent use of imagery related to BDSM is not an attempt to allude to the histories of domination and oppression by analogy with these practices, where acts of submission are obviously voluntary, but as an instrument to examine roles of difference and the embodiment of certain types of sensations. The artist is questioning how difference becomes material within the contexts of race and power. By the layering of the exoticized and stereotyped corporate logos of multinational banana importers with imagery related to BDSM, he attempts to articulate the complex histories of physical experience on the body of the other, where domination and brutality have not only been profitable, but also eroticized. ...

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Premium Quality Bananas (study)
Jebila OkongwuPremium Quality Bananas (study), 2019Price on Request
Divination Painting No. 16
Jebila OkongwuDivination Painting No. 16, 2018Price on Request
Banana Tree No. 2
Jebila OkongwuBanana Tree No. 2, 202415000 USD
Banana Tree No. 5
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Banana Tree No. 8
Jebila OkongwuBanana Tree No. 8, 202415000 USD
Banana Tree No. 10
Jebila OkongwuBanana Tree No. 10, 202415000 USD
Banana Tree with rope (study)
Jebila OkongwuBanana Tree with rope (study), 20236000 USD
Baert Gallery
Gallery
Baert Gallery
Los Angeles

Founded in 2016, Baert Gallery maintains a distinct focus on bridging the historical legacies and artistic sensibilities of Europe and Los Angeles. Working with a roster of emerging artists, the gallery is committed to showcasing a diverse program of work that engages complex philosophical, critical, and political concepts while challenging settled and conventional aesthetic expectations. Located in Los Angeles’ Arts District, the gallery is dedicated to fostering and promoting the region’s unique art scene in a spirit of local cooperation and in dedication to mindful sensitivity towards its broader geographical and social milieu. ...