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Bukola OrioyeSalvator Mundi (Olugbala) -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Africa Relics2023
2023
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"Salvator Mundi (Olugbala)" is a powerful and thought-provoking work that explores themes of salvation, knowledge, and the tension between tradition and challenge. The painting features an African figurine or masked figure, crowned with flowers and garbed in regalia from centuries past, embodying a blend of historical reverence and natural beauty.
One hand of the figure holds a book titled "Heresy," symbolizing the exploration of unconventional ideas and the courage to question established beliefs. The other hand, with two fingers raised, is a gesture often associated with blessing and benediction, hinting at a dual role of the figure as both a saviour and a challenger of norms.
The flowers encircling the head represent growth, renewal, and the harmonious integration of nature with human wisdom. This combination of elements evokes a sense of enlightenment, suggesting that true salvation comes from embracing both tradition and innovation.
"Salvator Mundi (Olugbala)" invites viewers to reflect on the balance between preserving cultural heritage and daring to explore new paradigms. It celebrates the role of the saviour as a transformative figure, one who not only preserves but also evolves and elevates collective understanding. This painting is a testament to the enduring quest for truth and the profound impact of those who dare to lead us beyond the boundaries of the known.
About Artist
Orioye Bukola, born in 1993 in Osogbo, Orioye is a native of Ekiti State. A graduate of Chemistry from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Trained by Mr. Tope Fatumbi of Topfat Art Gallery; Adamasingba, Ibadan 2019. He is inspired by societal issues and life demands, beauty, culture, and African Spirituality – with a focus more on the female gender as a conduit to all else. His philosophy is about simplicity and determination without harm none.
Orioye's mind quest has progressed to infused questionings and suppositions in his canvases beyond mere rhetorical aesthetics; (as the trendy atmosphere now seems mostly to suggest). His works speak in metaphors that flow between the past, the present, and the postulation of the future. He probes on relics to unearth anchored reasoning which shares semblances with contemporary happenings.
His stylistic sense is inventive of punkish style piles of hair reminiscent of the 80s and discotheques, parted with sharp oblique angles which are reflections of the hard chiselled surfaces of the Yoruba effigies he introduces into his works, seasoned with a strong sense of fashion.
Orioye is concerned with African spirituality and how it interfaces with the identity, memories, worship, and total well-being of the people. This adaptation of the past to interface with the present and postulate a futuristic nuance is evident in his warm leathered-clad supersonic subjects whose demeanour echoes the Star Trek, UFO, and intergalactic Adour of postmodern Hollywood cinematic periods.
This pendulum of interactions between the past, the present, and the futuristic postulations, defines Orioye’s works and lends them a certain direction. The combinations create inquisitiveness for explorations that permeate the borrowed eras, espousing bygone traits of exhumed investigative nuances, memories, identities, and spirituality of bygone cultural epochs. It will be exhilarating to calmly observe the growth of Orioye Bukola’s sojourn in the interpretations of his curious and investigative narratively placed overtures.
- Creator:Bukola Orioye (Nigerian)
- Creation Year:2023
- Dimensions:Height: 40 in (101.6 cm)Width: 40 in (101.6 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Ibadan, NG
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1717214995992
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