"Promises" Outdoor Sculpture - Limited Edition of 8
Sculpture, Bronze
45.3 W x 86.6 H x 11.8 D in
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PROMISES is a study of the moment a word becomes a weight, and chooses to bear it. Two elongated figures lean toward each other with the quiet, foundational trust of people who have already decided. This is not the drama of falling in love. It is something deeper and harder: the moment commitment b...
Year Created:
2015
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Method:
Multi-paneled Sculpture, Bronze
Rarity:
Limited Edition of 8
Size:
45.3 W x 86.6 H x 11.8 D in
Number of Pieces:
2
Ready to Hang:
Not Applicable
Mounting:
Free-Standing
Frame:
Not applicable
Authenticity:
Certificate is Included
Packaging:
Ships in a Crate
Outdoor Safe:
Yes
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Shipping is included in price.
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United Kingdom.
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Emmanuel Okoro is a British-Nigerian sculptor working in bronze. His figures are elongated, stripped to essential gesture, and always rising. The work belongs to the African modernist tradition, where the extended vertical form carries dignity and lineage rather than erosion. Behind it stand the Nok terracottas, the Ife heads and the bronze traditions of Benin, and closer still Ben Enwonwu, whose figures ascend rather than recede.
Okoro pares down to reveal the essence of a state of being, of oneness and relationship, or of a moment, whether dancing, expectant or restful. His subjects are return, continuity and the weight one generation hands to the next.
His practice is built on mould-families: sculptures cast from shared origins, related the way generations within a family are. Heritage is built into the method, not applied from outside.
Born in Nigeria in 1972, Okoro lives and works in Bedfordshire. He graduated in Fine Art Sculpture from the University of the Arts London.
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