Painting
Painting as a body; canvas as a skin.
Painting as a body; canvas as a skin.
A series of canvases featuring portraits of angels.
Mark-making as internal landscaping.
The painter and the historian find common ground by unearthing narrative histories that have been overlooked and nearly forgotten.
Distorted but structured painting and music.
Paintings that write new figures into art history.
For BOMB’s Oral History Project, Odili Donald Odita, known for his geometric paintings, recalls growing up as a refugee from the Nigerian Civil War and the influence of his father, a historian of African art.
Blending traditional Chinese ceramics and figures.
Painting psychological modes of looking.
Paintings rich in reference and interpretation.
Paintings that embody a love of materials.
Groundbreaking paintings of the female body and sexuality.
Boafo, who studied painting in Accra and then in Vienna, evokes Egon Schiele in his intimate portraits. Now back in Accra, he reflects on the people who inspire him.
The painter looks back on five decades of experimentation and how that’s generated new levels of confidence and clarity in her art.
Minimalist painting with a maximalist impulse.
For BOMB’s Oral History Project, Odita, known for his geometric paintings, recalls growing up as a refugee from the Nigerian Civil War and the influence of his father, a historian of African art.
Painting the fantasy of real life.