{"product_id":"chris-ofili-afro-harlem-muses-lithograph-2005","title":"CHRIS OFILI \"AFRO HARLEM MUSES\" LITHOGRAPH, 2005","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.caviar20.com\/collections\/chris-ofili\"\u003eChris Ofili\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(b. 1968) is renowned for his vibrant, multi-layered works that celebrate Afrocentrism through both figurative and abstract approaches. He came to prominence in the 1990s as both a YBA (Young British Artist) and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/news.artnet.com\/art-world\/art-bites-rudy-giuliani-brooklyn-museum-2466186\" title=\"Artnet news Chris Ofili Brooklyn Museum scandal\"\u003ethe scandal surrounding his painting \"The Holy Virgin Mary\" exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum in 1999\u003c\/a\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOfili’s work combines painterly and cultural elements to play on ideas of beauty while carrying messages about black culture, history, and exoticism. His art draws on a range of sources—including jazz and hip-hop music, the Bible, and the works of artist and poet William Blake—and can be understood physically as well as metaphorically.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\"Afro Harlem Muses\" is a striking diptych, depicting two royal figures. Ofili's subjects are a characteristic fusion of portraiture, stylization, and fantasy. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eIn Ofili’s visual universe, these subjects emerge from a rich interplay of Afrofuturism, memory, and art-historical references.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eProduced in 2005, this work comes at the end of the artist's larger \"Afro Muses\" series, for which he created 181 small-scale watercolors over a decade. Throughout the series, Ofili creates fantasy portraits, as he interrogates mainstream definitions of beauty, and images of the African body, within the canon of both pop culture and art history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eOfili was the recipient of the Turner Prize in 1998. His work is celebrated in public collections across the globe including the Tate (London), Studio Museum Harlem (New York), and the San Fransisco Museum of Art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eQuestions about this piece? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"mailto:troy@caviar20.com\"\u003eContact us\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, call +1.416.704.1720, or \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.caviar20.com\/pages\/contact\"\u003evisit our Toronto Gallery\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Afro Harlem Muses\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLondon, 2005\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eLithograph with embossing on Somerset paper\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTitled and numbered \"PP 1\/4\" in pencil, lower right\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSigned and dated in pencil, lower left\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by David Zwirner, New York\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrinted by Derriere L'Etoile Studios, New York\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e21\"H 27.5\"W (sheet)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e24.5\"H 30.5\"W (framed)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNote: newly framed with museum glass. Framed images coming soon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVery good condition\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chris Ofili","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67708743123180,"sku":"10-26","price":4000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0074\/2712\/files\/Caviar20_Chris-Ofili-Afro-Harlem-Muses_01.jpg?v=1791834572","url":"https:\/\/www.caviar20.com\/products\/chris-ofili-afro-harlem-muses-lithograph-2005","provider":"Caviar20","version":"1.0","type":"link"}