Chris Ofili
Chris Ofili ( b. 1968 in Manchester ) is a British painter and sculptor.
Life
Chris Ofili is of Nigerian descent. He grew up in the UK and studied art in London at the " Thameside College of Technology " (1987-1988), then to 1991 at the Chelsea School of Art and at the Royal Academy until 1993 ( master's degree ). As part of an exchange program, he studied in 1992 at the University of the Arts Berlin.
Ofili concerns since a study in Zimbabwe in his works on his African origin, by using it, for example, elephant dung, glass beads using or based on Zimbabwean cave paintings, comparable to pointillism, composed of dots pictures paints The paintings, works on paper and sculptures Ofili's move the one hand, on the edge of kitsch ( with clear references to African folk art ) included on the other hand often provocative (if he decorated for example, a representation of the Madonna with elephant dung and genitals ). Ofili's work is often associated with acculturation young black in England as well as the hip hop music.
Chris Ofili was in the early 1990s, the most famous among the young British artists (Young British Artists ). In 1998 he participated in the exhibition part Sensation, which organized the collector and gallery owner Charles Saatchi. Today many international collections and museums Ofili have on the art market highly touted works, the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Tate Gallery, London.
Chris Ofili lives and works since 2005 in Trinidad.
Exhibitions (selection)
Works
- Afrodizzia, 1996
- Blossom, 1997