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Boris Nzebo
(Cameroon, born 1979)
The Great Realisations of 2035

2 May 2019, 14:00 EDT
New York

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Boris Nzebo (Cameroon, born 1979)

The Great Realisations of 2035
signed and dated 'Boris Nzebo – 014' (lower right); signed, titled, dated and inscribed 'Boris Nzebo – The Great Realisations of 2035 2014' (verso)
acrylic and posca on canvas
229.9 x 199.4cm (90 1/2 x 78 1/2in).

Footnotes

Exhibited
London, Saatchi Gallery, Pangaea II: New Art from Africa and Latin America, 2015

Literature
Saatchi Gallery, Pangaea II, 2015, p. 121-124

Boris Nzebo started his artistic career painting signs for barbershops in Cameroon's largest city and economic capital Douala. This experience acted as a catalyst for Nzebo's growing fascination with the representation of different hairstyles. A medium of creativity and perfectionism used to convey identity, social status and ones political stance. For example, in the present lot the subjects braids dominate the canvas. Nzebo has carefully and meticulously illustrated each strand in a singular red line. The plaited heads of his subjects are reminiscent of the late Nigerian photographer J. D. 'Okhai Ojeikere'.

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