Acrylic on Canva/Arcrylic paintings.
60 x 72 Inches (152.4 × 182.9 cm)
Distorted, layered, and alive with mystery these abstract masks blur the line between concealment and expression. Faces We Don't Speak Of explores identity in fragments, where each mask is both a shield and a mirror. The forms are not literal they are felt. Painted with energy and intention, the piece...
Distorted, layered, and alive with mystery these abstract masks blur the line between concealment and expression. Faces We Don't Speak Of explores identity in fragments, where each mask is both a shield and a mirror. The forms are not literal they are felt. Painted with energy and intention, the piece asks: What parts of us do we show, and what parts do we hide?
Born in 3rd April 1943 in Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria, Chief Jimoh Buraimoh is one of the most influential artists to emerge from the 1960�s experimental workshops known as the Osogbo School of Art. Characteristic of the Osogbo movement, his work intermingles western media and Yoruba style and motif. Prolific in oil painting and etching, as well as his signature...
Born in 3rd April 1943 in Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria, Chief Jimoh Buraimoh is one of the most influential artists to emerge from the 1960�s experimental workshops known as the Osogbo School of Art. Characteristic of the Osogbo movement, his work intermingles western media and Yoruba style and motif. Prolific in oil painting and etching, as well as his signature bead paintings and mosaic murals, Buraimoh is among distinguished artists permanently displayed at the Smithsonian Museum
of African Art in Washington, DC. In addition to his smaller works, his colorful large-scale mosaic murals adorn public areas in Nigeria, Europe and the United States.
