Rincon Falls - Red Light, 2008 - Chris Ofili
About the Work
About Rincon Falls - Red Light
This beautiful series of works refer to aspects of Ofili's Nigerian background and tackle themes of love, gender, religion, death and race.
Ofili has said: "In the process of making art the mind wanders and gives way to instinct ...Read More
Ofili has said: "In the process of making art the mind wanders and gives way to instinct ...Read More
This beautiful series of works refer to aspects of Ofili's Nigerian background and tackle themes of love, gender, religion, death and race.
Ofili has said: "In the process of making art the mind wanders and gives way to instinct, which feeds off areas the intellect doesn't. The process is one of distillation to the point where it's just essence, just itself."Read Less
Ofili has said: "In the process of making art the mind wanders and gives way to instinct, which feeds off areas the intellect doesn't. The process is one of distillation to the point where it's just essence, just itself."Read Less
About the Artist
About Chris Ofili
A leading member of the YBA (Young British Artists) group that gained notoriety in the late 1990s through their use of provocative forms and diverse ...Read More
A leading member of the YBA (Young British Artists) group that gained notoriety in the late 1990s through their use of provocative forms and diverse materials, Ofili creates paintings and collages which tackle themes around sexual and racial stereotypes, love, gender, and mortality.
His paintings often incorporate collage and three-dimensional elements and are monumental in scale. One of his paintings, The Holy Virgin Mary, which combined an image of the Virgin with porn clippings and elephant dung, generated widespread controversy and a rebuke from then-New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani. At the time, the work was showing at the Sensation exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum. Giuliani's attempt to punish the Brooklyn Museum by withholding city funds ultimately failed but not before generating widespread media attention and global visibility for Ofili and the other artists represented.Read Less
His paintings often incorporate collage and three-dimensional elements and are monumental in scale. One of his paintings, The Holy Virgin Mary, which combined an image of the Virgin with porn clippings and elephant dung, generated widespread controversy and a rebuke from then-New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani. At the time, the work was showing at the Sensation exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum. Giuliani's attempt to punish the Brooklyn Museum by withholding city funds ultimately failed but not before generating widespread media attention and global visibility for Ofili and the other artists represented.Read Less
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