About The Work
Chris Ofili is known for work that uses dense layers of vivid colors and intricate detailing in a variety of materials. Poolside (Skowhegan) is an example of the artist’s signature style transposed for more minimal means. This depiction of a man in coattails serving a naked woman next to a swimming pool is a loose, informal composition that avoids cartoonishness through unconventional shapes and sleights of perspective. While Ofili’s earliest etchings were dense geometric abstractions, this work exemplifies the artist’s exploration of racial and sexual themes in figurative abstraction.
About Chris Ofili
From The Magazine
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- Contributors: White Columns Director Matthew Higgs's Favorite Works from NADA New York 2017
- Art 101: Art Is A Weapon: Hans Haacke on How Art Survived the Bush Administration
Etching on magnani pescia paper
17.75 x 14.00 in
45.1 x 35.6 cm
This work is signed by the artist.
About The Work
Chris Ofili is known for work that uses dense layers of vivid colors and intricate detailing in a variety of materials. Poolside (Skowhegan) is an example of the artist’s signature style transposed for more minimal means. This depiction of a man in coattails serving a naked woman next to a swimming pool is a loose, informal composition that avoids cartoonishness through unconventional shapes and sleights of perspective. While Ofili’s earliest etchings were dense geometric abstractions, this work exemplifies the artist’s exploration of racial and sexual themes in figurative abstraction.
About Chris Ofili
From The Magazine
- Interviews & Features: What to expect from Frieze London
- Art 101: These Artworks Will Soothe You In Tough Times
- Interviews & Features: Oil, Gin, and Possible Collusion with Russia? Behind Some of the World's Largest Artist Grants
- Contributors: White Columns Director Matthew Higgs's Favorite Works from NADA New York 2017
- Art 101: Art Is A Weapon: Hans Haacke on How Art Survived the Bush Administration
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