The 12 Disciples by Benjamin Omoike
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Medium: Ropes, Fabrics, Newsprints and Acrylic on Canvas
Dimensions: 47 x 36 in
Year: 2026
Price: $1000.00 USD
Status: available
This painting reinterprets the spiritual and symbolic presence of the twelve disciples. Each figure possesses a distinct expression and visual identity, representing the individuality, emotions, and personal journeys of the disciples, while their interconnected placement reflects unity, brotherhood, and shared purpose. The patterns and fragmented structures symbolize the complexity of human nature, faith and doubt, strength and vulnerability, loyalty and transformation. The expressive eyes create a sense of silent communication, inviting viewers to reflect on the unseen conversations, sacrifices, and spiritual awakening that shaped their collective journey. This painting sparks conversations. Like, where is Judas?
Why collect this work?
A dense assembly of patterned faces surrounds two dark central panels, complicating the title’s promise of a countable sacred group and shifting attention toward uncertain membership.
- The supplied artist statement connects Omoike’s practice with community, identity, and unity. Here, collective form is maintained without erasing differences among faces, clothing patterns, and poses.
- Repeated single eyes bind the figures rhythmically, while tilted heads and varied mouths separate them. More faces appear than the title’s twelve can straightforwardly account for, making identification unresolved rather than illustrative.
- The documented ropes, fabrics, newsprint, and acrylic permit layered contrasts between drawn pattern, printed fragments, and attached material. In the photograph, irregular white lines sharpen the two black rectangles against the flatter yellow field.
- The catalogue description asks, “where is Judas?” That question makes the excess of faces consequential: viewers must consider how a community identifies betrayal, and whether recognition depends on evidence, suspicion, or inherited narrative.
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.
