"Anthills of the Savannah: V" Painting
Painting, Acrylic on Plastic
82.7 W x 61.8 H in
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The title of this series relates to the novel of the same title by the Nigerian author Chinua Achebe, which is about a imagined but corrupt West African nation. The shapes in these pieces are inspired by the Adinkra symbols (from the same area) for "enjoy yourself", " good living" and "truth" - in t...
Year Created:
2021
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Painting, Acrylic on Plastic
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One-of-a-kind Artwork
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82.7 W x 61.8 H x 0.1 D in
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Not Framed
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South Africa.
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Richard Ketley
South Africa
At the moment I am interested in formal elements of painting and drawing inspired by the world around me and the many countries I visit, and in finding meaning where others do not - in the fall of light on a sandy building in Riyadh, the chaos of the shacks of Kampala, the crowded taxi parks of Johannesburg. My art is a search for perfection that is not often found in life. I am fortunate enough to travel widely in the Middle East and Africa, but I have not found my Tahiti - a landscape populated with many Venuses and primary colours, instead I find landscape covered in sandy construction sites, tin roofed shacks, humanity sweating as trucks our loaded with voluminous bundles. But within these spaces there is balance and form and structure - all elements that are abstracted in my paintings.
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