Thursday, August 14, 2008

Featured Artist - Bayo Iribhogbe






This guy is one of the most well known African modern artists around today. My parents have a couple of his paintings, and I can tell you that they look MUCH better in person than they do in these images here. He uses a thick impasto style that gives his paintings a lot of texture and depth. I also really like the abstract human forms and settings he uses... you can really let your imagination get lost in his compositions. His "Gatherings" and "Dances" surely insinuate many sexual connotations. You can check out his flikr photostream here, and check out his personal website gallery (where you can purchase works) here.

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