A ray of hope (ii) by Babafemi Ogunkanmbi Explore Mondoir Studio Medium: Acrylic on canvas Dimensions: 35 x 48 in Year: 2022 Price: $1800.00 USD Status: available Despite the circumstances there's always a light after the tunnel.🔥🌠 The figure is an expression of hope, love, peace and equity to the larger society and I know that the story around it will make more people around the world to be encouraged towards responsible art and culture . Why collect this work?A ray of hope (ii) locates hope not in radiant imagery but in composure: the figure’s tilted head and firm stance hold their own against competing fields of pattern. Ogunkanmbi identifies the repeated lines in his practice as scarification marks connected to lineage, beauty, and social identity. That stated intention helps frame the body’s dense patterning, though its precise meaning remains open.In the photograph, overlapping arcs cover the figure from face to torso, while a pale striped ground creates separation. A motif-filled border compresses the left edge; a small flowering stem projects into the comparatively open right side.The documented acrylic on canvas supports sharply bounded areas and pronounced colour contrasts. Vivid blue clothing and coral accents interrupt the dark linear network, directing attention to the head and waist.Within contemporary portraiture, this painting provides a focused case study in how bodily pattern can connect individual presence with a publicly stated concern for equity, love, and justice, without resolving the figure into a single message. About the ArtistBabafemi Ogunkanmbi Babafemi Ogunkanmbi is an artist on Mondoir Studio. Artistic discipline: painting. Based in Ibadan , NG. Nationality: Nigerian Currently, Babafemi Chooses to make use of lines (scarifications) which were scared all through the body of his art which is an embodiment of...
