




Victor Ehikhamenor(Nigerian, born 1970)'Home Sweet Home'
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Victor Ehikhamenor (Nigerian, born 1970)
signed and dated 'Victor Ehikhamenor '11' (lower right)
charcoal, acrylic and oil on linen, and painted trunk
213 x 145cm (83 7/8 x 57 1/16in).
(unframed).
Footnotes
Born in the small village of Udomi-Uwessan in Edo State, Ehikhamenor received little in the way of formal art education. Instead he draws inspiration from the region's traditions of shrine decoration and cloth-weaving. The visual vocabulary of his large-scale paintings fuse folkloric, mythological and Catholic iconography.
Home Sweet Home is one of a series of drawings that Ehikhamenor executed on cloth. This medium carries symbolic significance for the artist; historically, textile weaving was the primary way of passing on traditions and stories to the next generation. As the title of the current lot implies, these works on cloth are a way of paying homage to the weavers, the cultural guardians of his birthplace.
The artwork was part of an exhibition titled What Is The Colour Of Your Love' held at Whitespace in Ikoyi in February 2013. The curator Denrele Sonariwo hung the cloth directly behind the red trunk, and scattered confectionery around the base. Visitors were invited to enter the installation and take a sweet, but leave the empty wrapper. In this way, Ehikhamenor was encouraging members of the public to leave their own mark on his work.
We would like to thank the artist for his assistance with the cataloguing of this lot.