Phyno

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

Chibuike Clement Obioha

Caricature of the Nigerian rapper Phyno with a full beard, purple hoodie and cap, hands clasped, glancing to the side.

$55.00 – $125.00

An homage to the Nigerian rapper Phyno, who raps in Igbo: Clement Obioha's caricature in a purple hoodie and cap, glancing to the side.

Phyno 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 →

Phyno raps and sings in Igbo, the language of the East of Nigeria. He built his career on it when English was the safer choice. Clement Obioha's portrait is an homage to that. It is a caricature of the rapper in a purple hoodie and cap, beard full, hands clasped in front of him. He glances to the side with the calm of a man who knows the room is his.

Caricature is central to Clement's practice, and he uses it to tell African stories from an African perspective. He hopes his work leaves people with pride and certainty in who they are. Phyno suits that purpose: an artist whose success came from refusing to translate himself. Look at the eyes, slid to one side under the cap. Clement exaggerates the beard and the bulk and leaves that look almost exactly as it is, watchful and amused.

Motifs in this work

The purple hoodie and cap: Phyno as his fans know him

The side-glance: the one feature left unexaggerated

Clasped hands: calm, in charge of the room

Edition: Edition of 20 in each size · 60 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 × 9¾ in	$55	+$65	20
M	18 × 24 in	16 × 21 in	$85	+$119	20
L	24 × 32 in	22 × 28¾ in	$125	+$179	20

The artist

Chibuike Clement Obioha

Igbo · Lagos, Nigeria · 5 works on Raknida

Chibuike Clement Obioha, who signs his work Liberto Clems, is a Lagos-based artist best known for caricature. He works across pencil, acrylic and digital media, guided by a wish to tell African stories from an African perspective. A background in architecture and 3D environment design shapes his feeling for the space and atmosphere around his figures. His subjects come from Nigerian music, history and everyday life. He is co-founder of The Caricature Guys, which creates art experiences for clients, and across both practices his aim stays the same: pride, certainty in one's identity, discovery and peace.

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