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£4,000 - £6,000
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Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist, 2015;
A private collection.
Widely known as a highly skilled draughtsman, Ben Osaghae communicates the story he is portraying through metaphorical imagery. This also allows a level of ambiguity in the artist's work, allowing the viewer to access personal interpretation within his work.
'When I set out to paint, a part of me is also thinking about the audience. Not in the sense of trying to bend the painting to suit or to fit the audience. My philosophy is that a painting can stimulate discussion, can expand your point of view.' (Ben Osaghae, 'Colourful & Oblique: Ben Osaghae's Paintings', in Position: Visual Art Supplement, Vol. 6 No. 1, p. 13.)
Born in 1962, Osaghae studied at the famous Auchi School of Art before moving to Lagos where he established a full time studio practice. Championing a philosophy based on the importance of colour, the artist's works each embody a vibrancy of expressive colour, as in the present lot.