Out on a Date by Benjamin Omoike
Explore Mondoir Studio
Medium: Ropes, Fabrics and Acrylic on canvas
Dimensions: 100 x 120 cm
Year: 2025
Price: $1200.00 USD
Status: available
When a lady is out on a date, it typically means she is: -Engaging in a social or romantic outing with someone - possibly to get to know the person better, build a connection, or enjoy mutual company. -It often implies an interest in exploring Chemistry friendship, or a Potential relationship. -Likely puts her best self into how she looks, behaves, and interacts as the occasion is important or at least meaningful. -Not just about romance; it’s about good conversation, shared interest, and mutual respect. -Having a time where art is present - heart, mind, and smile included which gives a long-lasting memory.
Why collect this work?
The work makes self-presentation, rather than interaction between a couple, the visible subject of a date: one figure meets the viewer’s gaze amid emphatic pattern.
- Omoike’s catalogue statement links his practice to identity and everyday experience. That framing helps position the date here as a social ritual shaped by appearance, posture and expectation.
- In the photograph, a tilted head and raised hand soften the figure’s frontal gaze. Glasses, butterflies, flowers and a polka-dot bodice articulate her chosen appearance, while the absent companion keeps the occasion unresolved.
- The documented ropes, fabrics and acrylic can differentiate line, pattern and relief. The photograph suggests pronounced ridges across the hair, although exact texture and construction cannot be confirmed from this view.
- Dated 2025 and measuring 100 by 120 centimetres, the portrait gives substantial scale to a private moment. Its withheld partner makes anticipation itself the subject, connecting romantic convention with the deliberate construction of a public self.
About the Artist
Benjamin Omoike
Benjamin Omoike is an artist on Mondoir Studio. Artistic discipline: mixed-media. Based in Ogun State , NG.
Nationality: Nigerian
His work blends abstract expression with mixed-media techniques.
