Soul sisters 2 by Oluwafemi Akanmu
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Medium: Charcoal and acrylic on canvas
Dimensions: 36 x 36 in
Year: 2024
Price: $2400.00 USD
Status: available
Sister" embodies the profound bond that exists between kindred spirits, celebrating the deep connections that transcend time and distance. The phrase evokes feelings of warmth, support, and understanding, showcasing the relationship that feels almost destined, as if two souls have recognized each other through the echoes of their experiences.
Why collect this work?
Three figures fill the square format, their overlapping hands forming a chain across separately coloured garments. The painting treats sisterhood as coordinated contact without dissolving individual presence.
- In his statement, Akanmu links his practice to Black dignity, love and communal life. Those aims are legible here in the figures’ composed bearing, although the painting leaves their precise relationship unstated.
- In the photograph, pink, yellow and blue ruffles distinguish each figure, while hands cross those colour boundaries. Different gazes prevent the group from reading as a single unit; connection coexists with self-possession.
- The catalogue records charcoal and acrylic on canvas. Here, the medium permits deep tonal modelling in the skin alongside opaque, saturated clothing and a flattened green pattern, sharpening the contrast between bodies and ground.
- As a collective portrait, Soul sisters 2 is significant for locating kinship in a visible structure of touch. Its compressed spacing allows comparison between solidarity, individuality and the social meaning of posed closeness.
About the Artist
Oluwafemi 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...
