Overview
Oluwole Omofemi
Self throne, 2025
Oil on Canvas
60 x 55 in
152.4 x 139.7 cm
152.4 x 139.7 cm
In the coming years, Oluwole Omofemi envisions a powerful series of seven solo exhibitions, each inspired by an artist who has profoundly touched his life. These chosen figures mirror elements of Omofemi’s own journey - shaped by parallel histories, shared cultural rhythms, and deep emotional undercurrents. For each chapter, he will create seven paintings, carefully composed to reflect the values and inner truths he holds most dear.
“Reverence: Chapter 1 of 7 - Jean-Michel Basquiat” unfolds as an intimate reflection on Omofemi’s early years in Ibadan - a time marked by struggle, introspection, and a relentless search for meaning. Within the contours of his community, he found kindred spirits: individuals whose lives, like his own, have been carved by adversity and endurance. Their stories, often told in quiet tones or in the silences between words, form the emotional fabric of this chapter. Omofemi’s paintings will capture fleeting moments of beauty and hardship - memories refracted through the vibrant, urgent energy that Basquiat brought to the world. Through color, texture, and symbolism, Omofemi honors both the fragility and the resilience of those around him, offering a tribute to the unspoken strength that persists in the face of sorrow
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