Elixir by Hosea Benjamin
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Medium: photography
Dimensions: 20 x 28 in
Edition production year: 2023
Edition of 10
Price: $380.00 USD
Status: available
Clarity found in struggles and flames, also in moments threaded with quiet contrast. The bitter and the sweet, the fracture and the glow— Life’s nuance distilled to a single sip. a portion of ache and awe, healing not with certainty, But with sacred complexity.
Why collect this work?
Elixir makes drinking impossible at the moment it presents a cup: the covered mouth turns a familiar gesture of care or refreshment into an unresolved image of restraint.
- The artist profile says Hosea Benjamin uses photography and symbolism to explore African memory, identity and culture through his self-defined philosophy of Afrography. That stated approach helps explain the symbolic concentration here, though not any single meaning.
- A shirtless sitter faces forward against a blue field, holding cup and saucer at his centre. His aligned feet and upright pose establish order, while the pale covering across his mouth and the displaced shadow introduce coercion and doubleness.
- The documented photographic medium fixes body, props and hard directional lighting within one controlled frame. Strong contrast isolates the mouth covering and cup, allowing their practical incompatibility to carry the composition.
- Dated 2023, the work provides a precise reference point for examining how staged portraiture can turn ordinary objects into contested signs of care, silence and control.
About the Artist
Hosea Benjamin
Hosea Benjamin is an artist on Mondoir Studio. Artistic discipline: photography. Based in Lekki, NG.
Nationality: Nigerian
My work explores memory, identity, and culture through Afrography, a philosophy I created to document African stories with depth and intention.
