A ray of hope (III) by Babafemi Ogunkanmbi Explore Mondoir Studio Medium: Acrylic on canvas Dimensions: 91 x 127 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 bowed figure dominates the canvas, but a small flowering stem and saturated red beret interrupt the body’s dark, densely patterned surface, making hope appear as a fragile counterforce rather than a triumphant conclusion. Ogunkanmbi describes his recurring lines as references to scarification, lineage and social identity, and states that his practice addresses equity, love and justice. Here, that intention remains open to interpretation rather than fixed by symbolism.The figure’s tilted head, lowered gaze and folded arm create a compressed posture. At left, stacked ornamental panels form a rigid border, while the flower crosses from that margin toward the hand.The documented acrylic on canvas supports sharp contrasts between pale vertical bands, luminous clothing and intricate curved marks. Repetition lets the figure read simultaneously as bodily volume and patterned field.For a collection examining contemporary portraiture, this painting provides a concrete case in which identity is constructed through posture, clothing, ornament and surface pattern, rather than facial likeness alone. 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...
