Liberty songs of freedom by Oluwafemi Akanmu Explore Mondoir Studio Medium: Charcoal and acrylic on canvas Dimensions: 36 x 28 in Year: 2022 Price: $2400.00 USD Status: available Freedom will not come Today, this year Nor ever Through compromise and fear. I have as much right As the other fellow has To stand On my two feet And own the land. I tire so of hearing people say, Let things take their course. Tomorrow is another day. I do not need my freedom when I'm dead. I cannot live on tomorrow's bread. Freedom Is a strong seed Planted In a great need. I live here, too. I want my freedom Just as you. Why collect this work?A violinist anchors a tightly compressed crowd, making musical performance appear inseparable from a collective demand for freedom. Akanmu states that his practice addresses injustice and affirms Black dignity. In this work, raised fists and closely grouped Black figures give that intention a clear visual form, while the catalogue description frames freedom as an immediate right rather than a future promise.In the photograph, an orange violin crosses charcoal-dark bodies, and its pale bow rises diagonally through the red field. Cream signs surround the figures without resolving into ordinary writing, turning the background into sustained visual noise around the concentrated musician.The documented charcoal and acrylic make strong shifts between tonal modelling and flat, saturated areas possible. Here, that contrast distinguishes bodies and instrument while binding them within one emphatic graphic field, though the photograph does not establish which medium produced each passage.Dated 2022, the painting provides a focused case for examining how protest can be pictured through performance: music, bodily gesture and sign-like marks carry the political claim together. About the ArtistOluwafemi Akanmu Oluwafemi Akanmu is an artist on Mondoir Studio. Artistic discipline: painting. Based in Ibadan, NG. Nationality: Nigerian Through my art, I intentionally highlight the richness of African culture and its enduring beauty, with particular emphasis on the dignity and...
