“The sinuous abstraction of a silhouette of the regal female represented his ideal of African culture; beautiful, powerful and full of creative potential. …While geometrically abstracted, the depiction of robes that the figure is adorned with communicates this work as highly significant within Enwonwu’s oeuvre. … In this extraction, Enwonwu displays his commitment to displaying…
Category: contemporary art
Rick Stevens Exhibition: In the Company of Trees
Rick Stevens: In the Company of Trees Exhibition at Kay Contemporary Art Santa Fe, New Mexico October 4-21, 2024 “My work goes quite representational to quite abstract. This stylistic range provides me opportunity to approach it from a variety of angles. Having an abstract painter’s eye when I’m painting landscapes helps in maintaining a freedom…
Benedict Chukwukadibia Enwonwu: Olokun Dancers
‘In our rising nation, I see the forces embodied in womanhood; the beginning, and then, the development and flowering into the fullest stature of a nation- a people!’ The present work is unique in composition in comparison to other works of the ‘Africa Dances’ series as the posture of the women is hunched over, contrasting…
At Sunnyside - Where Truth and Beauty Meet 