Njideka Akunyili Crosby, I Dey Feel Like...

Njideka Akunyili Crosby I Dey Feel Like... 2019

Acrylic and oil on panel
61 x 50.8 cm
24 x 20 in

First exhibited at La Biennale di Venezia, 58th International Art Exhibition, May You Live in Interesting Times, I Dey Feel Like…, 2019, revisits the artist’s earlier interest in portraiture, exploring the legibility of the body as a surface. The work, titled after a popular song by the Nigerian pop singer 2baba, uses fluorescent, cobalt, and ultramarine blues to depict a young man whose photograph the artist found in Arise, a now-defunct African lifestyle and arts magazine. Simultaneously referring to Yves Klein’s monochromes and Chris Ofili’s blue paintings, the artist’s palette in this painting enabled her to explore the luminescence of black skin under coloured light.

© Njideka Akunyili Crosby
Courtesy the artist, Victoria Miro, and David Zwirner


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