About The Work
Eucalipto-corpo electrico, literally translated as “Eucalyptus-electrical body”, depicts a Black man lying in a field of some sort, cladded in a green perizonium (the cloth worn by Christ during his Passion) with a halo and a chalice in his hand, in front of a Eucalyptus, a tree widely planted in Brazil for its profitability.
Characterized by its yellow, green and blue, most of all faded, shades inspired by the fronts of Brazilian rural houses, this oil on canvas attests to the artist’s own personal approach: in order to highlight the absence of the Black body in most of all the historically dominant cultures, Antonio Oba inserts the blurred bodies of Black figures into existing cultural narratives, in this particular case elements alluding to Judeo-Christian tradition, thus generating new associations.
The same-named limited edition is an Inkjet print based on the original work as part of a collaboration between Éditions Dilecta and the Pinault Collection.
About Antonio Obá
Digital print with ultraChrome pigment inks on Hahnemühle Museum Etching 350 gsm
18.90 x 23.62 in
48.0 x 60.0 cm
This work is signed and dated by the artist.
About The Work
Eucalipto-corpo electrico, literally translated as “Eucalyptus-electrical body”, depicts a Black man lying in a field of some sort, cladded in a green perizonium (the cloth worn by Christ during his Passion) with a halo and a chalice in his hand, in front of a Eucalyptus, a tree widely planted in Brazil for its profitability.
Characterized by its yellow, green and blue, most of all faded, shades inspired by the fronts of Brazilian rural houses, this oil on canvas attests to the artist’s own personal approach: in order to highlight the absence of the Black body in most of all the historically dominant cultures, Antonio Oba inserts the blurred bodies of Black figures into existing cultural narratives, in this particular case elements alluding to Judeo-Christian tradition, thus generating new associations.
The same-named limited edition is an Inkjet print based on the original work as part of a collaboration between Éditions Dilecta and the Pinault Collection.
About Antonio Obá
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