Search: 55 results found for "Anthony Ezeokoye"

Digital illustration of three dancers in red, teal and cream patterned bodysuits with white sashes, pale tiered fringe on the legs and blue blooms with plumes in their hair; one raises an arm.

Curator's Note

In Nigeria, a celebration has not begun until someone dances. Ekundayo catches three dancers at its height, faces left in soft pencil, the …

Yoruba

The Dance

Yr. 2022

Adeyemo EkundayoAdeyemo E.

From$45· Studio Edition· Stu. Ed.

Abstract digital artwork of a pale glowing circle crossed by a thin horizontal white line, surrounded by dark torn textures, peach shapes and streaks of rainbow colour on a gradient ground.

STU. 60/60

Curator's Note

Everything here pulls toward the pale circle at the centre, and one thin white line cuts straight through it. That line, Aiyedogbon says, i…

Yoruba

Vortex

Yr. 2023

Mayowa Enoch AiyedogbonMayowa E. A.

From$55· Studio Edition· Stu. Ed.

Illustration of a blue-skinned woman, head tilted back and eyes closed, white scalloped pattern on face and chest, flower earring, flying bead necklace, before a pale dripping moon on red swirls.

STU. 20/20

Curator's Note

Notice Me is a title that asks, and a pose that does not need to. Her head is tipped back, eyes closed, beads flying loose from her throat:…

Yoruba

Notice Me

Yr. 2023

Michael C. EkenobiMichael C. E.

From$55· Studio Edition· Stu. Ed.

Faceted digital portrait of a Black man with a large afro circled by a glowing white ring, one eye shining like a star, in an ochre robe over one shoulder, under an arch of gold scrollwork on teal.

STU. 60/60

Curator's Note

A ring of white light, one eye flaring like a star, an ochre robe over a bare shoulder. Dayo paints Christ as a young African man with a fu…

Yoruba

Black Messiah

Dayo Gerard AkindoyeniDayo G. A.

From$55· Studio Edition· Stu. Ed.

Digital illustration of a bearded man in a hoodie, cap and plaid jacket on a wooden stool, reading a book titled Na Man You Be, a yellow smiley card over his face, on a blue ground.

STU. 60/60

Curator's Note

Look past the outfit to the face, or what replaces it. A yellow card with a drawn-on smile is stuck over a man reading his own rulebook. St…

Edo/Benin

Na Man You Be

Yr. 2022

Joshua AdegboyeJoshua A.

From$55· Studio Edition· Stu. Ed.

Illustration of a figure in motion, head tilted back, arms raised and outstretched, split blue and dark red, holding small pink flowers in its mouth against a red field of script-like marks.

STU. 20/20

Curator's Note

The figure in Growth throws its head back and reaches out, split blue and red, and between its teeth it carries a few small flowers. Ezeh's…

Undeclared

Growth

Eze Divine FavourEze D. F.

From$45· Studio Edition· Stu. Ed.

Surreal portrait of a figure with locs and folded arms in a black sweater, face blacked out except silver eyes and lips, a red and blue betta fish on the shoulder, on a yellow-to-pink gradient.

STU. 60/60

Curator's Note

The face is filled with black, leaving only silver eyes and lips, so the person stays unnamed. The one bright, living thing is a red and bl…

Yoruba

Somebody

Mayowa Enoch AiyedogbonMayowa E. A.

From$45· Studio Edition· Stu. Ed.

Digital portrait of a woman in black and white with shaved head tipped back and eyes closed, a white circle drawn around one eye, framed by blue and magenta Ankara wax-print fabric and peach satin petals.

COLL. 30/30

Curator's Note

Silk has always meant luxury. Mayowa Enoch Aiyedogbon gives the word to Ankara, wrapping a woman in Nigeria's beloved wax-print cloth: our …

Yoruba

In Silk

Yr. 2023

Mayowa Enoch AiyedogbonMayowa E. A.

From$250· Collector Edition· Coll. Ed.

Abstract digital artwork on black: an iridescent form in teal, violet and yellow surrounding a circle split between blue marbling and a black-and-white maze pattern, with orange accents.

STU. 60/60

Curator's Note

The rare Ai_mayor picture with no face in it, only the surfaces he usually builds faces from. At its centre a round window splits between l…

Yoruba

Vignette

Mayowa Enoch AiyedogbonMayowa E. A.

From$55· Studio Edition· Stu. Ed.

Digital fashion illustration of a woman with pale curled hair, hands on her hips, in a chartreuse dress with a white collar; face and arms left as pencil sketch on dark grey.

STU. 59/60

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Curator's Note

Some women do not wait to be noticed. Ekundayo leaves her body as pencil and paints only the chartreuse dress, and her carriage does the re…

Yoruba

80's Vibe

Yr. 2022

Adeyemo EkundayoAdeyemo E.

From$55· Studio Edition· Stu. Ed.

Illustration on rust red of a round blue mask face with six striped hair knots, cowrie shell earrings and an orange patterned comb as its body; a letter A and small copies in the corners.

STU. 60/60

Curator's Note

KeO turns a girl's name into a playing card. There is a looping A in the corners, a mask at the centre, and in place of a body, a comb. Abi…

Yoruba

Abike

Oluwatobiloba Emmanuel KomaiyaOluwatobiloba E. K.

From$55· Studio Edition· Stu. Ed.

Illustration of many hands in pale grey, brown and black reaching toward a central red hand, with a glowing lilac butterfly on its fingertip, over a red square on a grey ground.

STU. 20/20

Curator's Note

Pale, brown and near-black hands reach in from every side, and the butterfly settles on the fingertip of a hand painted red. Ezeh gives the…

Undeclared

We Are Different But Very Much The Same

Eze Divine FavourEze D. F.

From$45· Studio Edition· Stu. Ed.

Find a work, an artist, a tradition

The Dance

Vortex

Notice Me

Black Messiah

Na Man You Be

Growth

Somebody

In Silk

Vignette

80's Vibe

Abike

We Are Different But Very Much The Same