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Giant Head of Gbenga in Profile
Giant Head of Gbenga in Profile

© the artist. Image credit: Sheffield Museums

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This was the first profile portrait painted by Nahem Shoa in a series of 28 'Giant Head' portraits that he made between 2000 and 2006. Each sitter has his mouth slightly open as if in conversation with each other. This portrait shows Gbenga Ilumoka, his good friend and ex-student.

'I try to define something very intimate about the sitters, their inner presence, completely opposite to the huge scale I paint them in. My aim is to capture a duality of the inner and the outer world, where the paint and the human merge and to become a living reality'. (Nahem Shoa)

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Title

Giant Head of Gbenga in Profile

Date

2003

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 121.9 x W 121.9 cm

Accession number

VIS.5981

Acquisition method

presented by the artist, 2017

Work type

Painting

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