Cry to freedom by Olamilekan Okunade
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Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Dimensions: 30 x 36 in
Year: 2024
Price: $3000.00 USD
Status: available
Cry to Freedom, is a visual representation of the emotional journey of a captured soul yearning for liberation, the central figure is seen in bondage, and enveloped in bitterness, The symbolic motive of this painting is fighting for freedom regardless of the limitations, and loss of time that needed to be covered. the symbolic representation of the chain and the bird that is ready to fly further enhances the narrative of a plea for liberation from physical and emotional confinement, her pose depicts hope, she was seen looking forward to a bright future if she succeeded in breaking off the shackle. The key message of this painting is resilience, aspiration, and the universal longing for freedom in the feminine world.
Why collect this work?
Fragmented blocks bind figure and ground into one visual system, while chains, clocks, and a poised bird set bodily confinement against imagined movement and diminishing time.
- Okunade’s statement identifies women’s resilience and social struggle as recurring concerns. Here, that intention is focused through a seated woman whose upward glance contrasts with the restraints surrounding her.
- The large clock covering the torso turns time into a physical burden. Repeated clock faces spill across the foreground, while the chain cuts laterally through the composition and interrupts the figure’s vertical presence.
- The documented acrylic on canvas supports sharply separated areas of colour and repeated rectangular units. In the photograph, these units fracture skin, clothing, and background alike, suggesting that constraint extends beyond the visible shackles.
- This painting brings two measures of freedom into tension: release from material bonds and recovery of lost time. The bird’s proximity to the figure makes flight imaginable but not yet achieved, preserving liberation as an unresolved possibility.
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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