#afronirvana

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Art | Chris Ofili's Afronirvana

Chris Ofili, Afronirvana (detail) (2002) Manchester born and Trinidad based painter Chris Ofili takes imagery and inspiration from such disparate, history-spanning sources as the Bible, Hip Hop music, Zimbabwean cave paintings, Blaxploitation films, and the works of William Blake.

Chris Ofili, Afronirvana (2002)

I find these particular pieces to be total beauties. His solo exhibition at the NYC New Museum is going on for a few more days.

Chris Ofili, Pramnian Odyssey 2 (2003-11)

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Chris Ofili, Afronirvana, 2002. Oil, acrylic, polyester resin, aluminum foil, glitter, map pins, and elephant dung on canvas,108 × 144 in (274.3 × 365.7 cm). Courtesy the artist, David Zwirner, New York/London, and Victoria Miro, London