Over Here, Over There
Acrylic On Canvas
WallArt
Contemporary Abstraction
2001
Contemporary
213.0 x 264.0 cm
Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University
Odili Donald Odita’s abstract paintings are a unique combination of Western modernism and African aesthetics that reflect equally his Nigerian heritage and North American upbringing. This early work, made up of flat horizontal strips of bold color, resembles a landscape, with a bright blue strip at the top standing in for the sky and the sharp angles of orange, red, and brown evoking mountains and ridges. The layered colors could also be seen as the stripes of an African textile, a polyrhythmic pattern of music, or references to mid-twentieth-century Color Field painting or Op art. The colors are reminiscent of those predominantly found in wallpaper, clothing, and other material culture of the 1970s, the era of Odita’s youth.
Odili Donald Odita (1966 –)
Odili Donald Odita is a Nigerian-American abstract painter exploring color's sociopolitical power & historical context. Known for vibrant, large-scale works raising questions about race and society. Influenced by African textiles & modernist painting
Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University (Durham, Sjedinjene Američke Države)
Otkrijte Nasher muzej umetnosti na Univerzitetu Duke – živopisni spoj pretkolumbovskih artefakata i savremene umetnosti koji podstiče dijalog i istraživanje. Istražite zadivljujuće izložbe i arhitektonsko briliranje.
O ovom umetničkom delu
- Naslov: Over Here, Over There
- Umetnik: Odili Donald Odita
- Godina: 2001
- Prvobitne dimenzije: 213.0 x 264.0 cm
- Format: Landscape
- Status autorskih prava: Zaštićeno autorskim pravima
- Mesto izlaganja: Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University
- Medijum: Acrylic On Canvas
- Tehnika izrade: WallArt
- Paleta boja: Dark
Osnovne informacije
- Artistic style: Abstract, Op art, Color Field painting
- Influences:
- African aesthetics
- Western modernism
- Mid-century Color Field
- Notable elements or techniques: Flat horizontal strips, optical illusion
- Medium: Acrylic on canvas
- Title: Over Here, Over There
- Subject or theme: Landscape, African textiles, social power