An ode of liberty by Olamilekan Okunade
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Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Dimensions: 55 x 60 in
Year: 2024
Price: $8500.00 USD
Status: available
An Ode to Liberty depicts a liberated woman, who is the central figure of the composition, she got herself freed and she can fly and stand up for herself, she embodies strength, resilience, and independence with a confident stance and empowerment, and she, therefore, stands as a beacon of inspiration to the two naked feminine figures who also want to be freed, clothed, and have a genuine voice. This composition features symbolic elements such as wings, Halo light across the liberated figurehead, and breaking chains, all this indicates the triumph of the human spirit over adversity. An ode of liberty is the significance of freedom, the unwavering pursuit of dreams, and women looking up to liberated women as role models for courage and empowerment in the face of adversity.
Why collect this work?
A standing woman interrupts the painting’s block-like field, raising a broken chain between expansive wings while two crouching figures remain bound below. Liberty appears here not as solitary escape, but as a visible model whose meaning depends on unequal states of freedom.
- Okunade’s statement identifies women’s resilience, equity and social struggle as central concerns. In this work, that focus is carried by the contrast between one upright, clothed figure and two lowered, unclothed figures.
- The photograph shows white wings and a halo-like disc framing the central figure’s head and raised arm. These familiar signs of transcendence are complicated by the heavy chain links, which keep liberation connected to material restraint.
- The documented acrylic-on-canvas medium supports a composition built from small, squared passages of blue, orange, grey and white. Their repeated edges unify bodies and background while preserving strong differences in posture and emphasis.
- Encountering this painting alongside representations of freedom would sharpen a specific question: whether liberation is pictured as individual achievement, collective responsibility, or an unfinished condition shared across the three figures.
About the Artist
Olamilekan Okunade
Olamilekan Okunade is an artist on Mondoir Studio. Artistic discipline: painting. Based in Nigeria, NG.
Nationality: Nigerian
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