Arike

Name: Arike
Brand: Raknida
Price: 55.0 USD
Availability: InStock

Funmilayo Todimu Tejumola

Painted portrait of a woman whose face is made of violet, yellow, pink and blue colour blocks, wearing a green and gold headwrap with black symbols and a white dotted collar, on grey.

$55.00

Àríké is a name for one meant to be spoiled on sight. Funmilayo Tejumola's portrait shows a young woman preparing for marriage, her face built from planes of violet, saffron and rose.

Arike is a Studio Edition: 20 museum-quality art prints in each size, each numbered in its white border. Every artwork comes with its Cultural Passport.

The Cultural Passport

Every order comes with the heritage documented.

Digital, emailed when your order ships: the work's story, the tradition it draws on and how it was made. 5 × 7 in (13 × 18 cm), ready to print and frame beside the work.

How it works →

Àríké is a name for one meant to be spoiled on sight. Funmilayo Tejumola, who signs as Démo Àjòké, paints her as a young woman preparing for marriage, adorned with the traditional elements of the occasion. In the artist's words, her eyes gaze eagerly ahead, into a future in which her care and determination help nurture a family.

Funmilayo paints Blackness in bold colour rather than dark tones, so the face is built from flat planes of violet, saffron and rose. The pattern lives on what she wears. Look at the wrap, ringed and dotted with small signs, and the white collar that repeats the rings at her throat. It is, as the artist puts it, a vision of African womanhood shaped by marriage, hope and responsibility.

Motifs in this work

The name Àríké: meant to be spoiled on sight

Adornment: the traditional elements of a bride preparing for marriage

Colour-built face: Blackness painted in bold colour, not dark tones

Edition: Edition of 20 in each size · 20 across all sizes. Further runs possible once a size sells out, each tagged (Run 2). Edition numbers count the works sold through Raknida; the artist may also sell their own editions of this work.
Numbering: Number, title and artist printed in the white border.
Printing: Museum-quality giclée with archival pigment inks on museum-grade cotton fine art paper.
Year: 2022
Includes: Your numbered artwork and its Cultural Passport.

Size	Sheet	Image	Museum-Quality Print only	Framed	Available
S	9 × 12 in	7½ × 10 in	$55	+$65	20

The artist

Funmilayo Todimu Tejumola

Undeclared · Ibadan, Nigeria · 2 works on Raknida

Funmilayo Tejumola, who signs her works as Démo Àjòké, is a Nigerian visual artist based in Ibadan. Her figurative painting explores African history, cultural memory, identity and the ways traditions shape the present and future. She holds a B.A. in Fine Art from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, and an M.A. in African and Diaspora Studies from the University of Lagos. Where Blackness is often painted in dark tones, she paints it in bold colour. She does so to "celebrate our heritage, express cultural pride, and tell stories that reflect the richness of who we are."

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