WISDOM OF THE AGES by Rapheal Akano
Explore Mondoir Studio
Medium: Acrylic and charcoal on canvas
Dimensions: 24 x 36 in
Year: 2025
Price: $2000.00 USD
Status: available
Wisdom of the Ages" refers to the collective, timeless knowledge, insights, and profound understanding accumulated throughout history, often passed down through proverbs, stories, and teachings to guide present-day decisions. It emphasizes the value of historical experience, experiential learning, and insights from ancient traditions and philosophies that offer guidance for living a good life.
Why collect this work?
A frontal portrait is compressed within a window-like frame, making the sitter’s crossed forearms both a barrier and a point of contact. The contrast between closely modelled features and an abbreviated setting locates wisdom in an individual presence rather than an abstract symbol.
- Akano’s profile describes a mixed-media practice concerned with identity, emotion and human connection. Here, the sitter’s direct gaze and prominent hands make those interests legible within the composition.
- In the photograph, the figure nearly fills the narrow format. The projecting arms cross the surrounding frame, complicating the boundary between the sitter’s space and the picture’s foreground.
- The documented acrylic and charcoal on canvas make both saturated colour and tonal drawing available. Their combination supports the work’s shift between emphatic background marks and detailed bodily description, though the photograph does not establish the handling of each material.
- Dated 2025 and titled WISDOM OF THE AGES, the portrait tests a broad idea against one specific, contemporary likeness, raising the question of whose lived experience becomes recognised as knowledge.
About the Artist
Rapheal Akano
Rapheal Akano is an artist on Mondoir Studio. Artistic discipline: mixed-media. Based in Oyo, NG.
Nationality: Nigerian
Through art, I aim to communicate Beauty of African, emotion, identity, and the subtle details of human experience.
