{"id":2585,"date":"2021-11-26T12:32:49","date_gmt":"2021-11-26T12:32:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lfaccra.com\/en\/?p=2585"},"modified":"2021-11-26T12:32:49","modified_gmt":"2021-11-26T12:32:49","slug":"a-few-more-days-to-discover-oliver-okol-by-going-to-gallery-1957-hotel-kempinsky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lfaccra.com\/fr\/a-few-more-days-to-discover-oliver-okol-by-going-to-gallery-1957-hotel-kempinsky\/","title":{"rendered":"A few more days to discover Oliver Okol\u2026 By going to Gallery 1957, Hotel Kempinsky"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lfaccra.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211028_192032-1024x768-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2586\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lfaccra.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/th.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2587\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Nigerian artist Oliver Okolo uses charcoal and painting to capture the subjects of his striking portraits.\u00a0In 2016, he studied and worked in the studio of artist Clement Nwafor, taking the opportunity to perfect his art. The rich nuance of Okolo\u2019s portrait recalls the work of fellow Nigerian artist Barry Yusufu, and his work has also been in dialogue with other leading contemporary artists creating figurative works such as Toyin Ojih Odutola, Amoako Boafo and Kudzanai-Violet Hwami.<br><br>Today, Okolo\u2019s paintings and drawings often start from points of reference in Western art history, refocusing works by Vermeer and Michelangelo with black subjects.\u00a0He describes his practice as \u201cclassical contemporealism\u201d, a term that is supposed to reflect his blend of classical and contemporary styles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\"><strong>A taste of his work \u2026<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lfaccra.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211028_191837-1-768x1024-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2588\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lfaccra.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211028_193112-1024x768-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2589\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lfaccra.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211028_191852-768x1024-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2590\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lfaccra.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/last-picture.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2591\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You will find on this link, a long interview granted by the artist<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<em><strong>Okolo Oliver: Artists Inside The Industry<\/strong><\/em>\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/artplugged.co.uk\/okolo-oliver-artists-inside-the-industry\/\">Okolo Oliver: Artists Inside The Industry \u2013 Art Plugged<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">Enjoy your visit to the Gallery!<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigerian artist Oliver Okolo uses charcoal and painting to capture the subjects of his striking portraits.\u00a0In 2016, he studied and worked in the studio of artist Clement Nwafor, taking the opportunity to perfect his art. The rich nuance of Okolo\u2019s portrait recalls the work of fellow Nigerian artist Barry Yusufu, and his work has also [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[88,9],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[85],"class_list":["post-2585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cultural-info","category-news"],"acf":[],"authors":[{"term_id":85,"user_id":0,"is_guest":1,"slug":"ahmed","display_name":"Ahmed Kone","avatar_url":{"url":"https:\/\/lfaccra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/CHEICK.jpg","url2x":"https:\/\/lfaccra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/CHEICK.jpg"},"0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lfaccra.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lfaccra.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lfaccra.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lfaccra.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lfaccra.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lfaccra.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2585\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lfaccra.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lfaccra.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lfaccra.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2585"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lfaccra.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=2585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}