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Collateral Damage Painting
Nigeria
Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 27 W x 42 H x 1 D in
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My aim with this piece, is to look at the after effects of our actions and choices and the effects they will have on our society. Issues such as racism, sexual abuse, child abuse, human and child trafficking, LGBTQ issues, sexism and others, and how they will affect future generations. The use of military symbolism is as a reflection of the current state of Nigeria, parts of Nigeria are at war as we speak, we still have child soldiers fighting a battle they can never understand. As a country and as a continent we have had a torrid past with the military. In Nigeria we have lived in fear of the military and have made these men untouchable. I decided to play with this idea by, lightly juxtaposing the traditional badges and ranks with the patches of issues they failed to protect us from, showing us, that we have placed the wrong people as the most important in our society. Choosing to leave the images faceless reminds us that it could be any child, that to fight for one is to fight for all. My choice of brush strokes on each helmet was to portray the helmet as old and weathered, because these issues are not new. These issues have been here with us for sometime and the journey to change is a constant battle. the inter changeability of the patches is to show how these issues are constantly changing and growing.
Details & Dimensions
Painting:Acrylic on Canvas
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:27 W x 42 H x 1 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:Not applicable
Packaging:Ships Rolled in a Tube
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Nigeria
Stephanie Unaeze is a self taught Visual Artist currently living and working in Lagos Nigeria. Her practice aims to understand and document the effects that society, culture and tradition have on the proverbial self. Tackling issues such as globalization, post-colonial consumerism and identity. She credits her multi-cultural upbringing as one of her main influences. Through her form which she describes as ‘Modern Afro- Pop- Surrealism’, she is able to juxtapose fact against fantasy traversing through the conscious and subconscious with ease. Her work acts as a conduit for history, bringing it into the new age whilst maintaining its authenticity. Stephanie uses her art to express and document the nuances, complexities and layers that surround the modern African lifestyle. With the use of patterns, geometric design and vibrant colors she evokes the strong flavors of the continent and the spirit of its people. Her use of minimal often faceless figures projects the idea that the self is always present through cultural shifts, new forms of expression and societal changes. Her work is resonant and reminds us that we as individuals are a sum of many moving parts, that surpass basic socio-normative identities. She acknowledges the constant state of becoming that exists in the world as a macrocosm of the self.
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