My Brother

Name: My Brother
Brand: Raknida
Price: 55.0 USD
Availability: InStock

Divine Momoh

Painting of two young men leaning their heads together, one in a red shirt and brown jacket, one in a yellow shirt and black jacket, face markings, before an orange-and-black patterned wall.

$55.00

Divine Momoh paints two young men leaning their heads together, each face marked with its own design. Against a wall of watching pattern, it is a portrait of brotherhood by choice.

My Brother 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 →

In Nigeria, "my brother" can mean a sibling, a friend, or a stranger you are about to ask a favour of. Divine Momoh paints the version that counts. Two young men stand shoulder to shoulder in bright shirts and dark jackets, white chains at their necks. Their heads lean in until they almost touch.

Look at their faces and the marks are not the same. One carries a zigzag across the bridge of the nose and a spiral on the cheek. The other carries a looping line, a few dots and a small triangle. Whatever made them brothers, it was not matching marks. Behind them a wall of orange and black pattern is full of watching eyes, a heart and small faces. It is as if a whole community were looking on. My Brother is a portrait of chosen closeness, worn as easily as the chains.

Motifs in this work

Heads leaning together: closeness offered without words

Different face markings: brothers who need not be identical

Watching eyes in the pattern: a community looking on

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.
Includes: Your numbered artwork and its Cultural Passport.

Size	Sheet	Image	Museum-Quality Print only	Framed	Available
S	9 × 12 in	7½ × 10¼ in	$55	+$65	20

The artist

Divine Momoh

Undeclared · Edo State, Nigeria · 1 works on Raknida

Divine Momoh (Momoh Divine Paul) works as 12th The Creator. He is a full-time visual artist and designer from Etsako West, Auchi, in Edo State, Nigeria. After a degree in Business Administration at the University of Benin, he turned fully to art in 2018 and founded Trybe Studio. His work draws on African heritage, symbols, intricate patterns and vivid colour, and on nature, music and his faith. His two styles, Longa Throat and ABADABÍDÍ, are built on colourful lines, whimsical forms and playful energy. "Art chose me, art saved me," he says.

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