Video: Rich'n'beautiful: portraits of pop stars by Nigerian artist Kelvin Okafor
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Nigerian work celebrity image cycle Kelvin Okafor At first it may seem like a selection of quite ordinary photographs - until it becomes clear that these highly realistic portraits … are hand-drawn. A pencil and a piece of charcoal are enough - and with the efforts of Okafor on paper, all modern "icons" of pop music come to life.
In addition to pop musicians, Okafora is also inspired by very different personalities, such as Mother Teresa or representatives of the British royal family. However, most often the heroes of the Nigerian artist's drawings are modern r'n'b and soul singers and singers - the late Amy Winehouse, who is at the zenith of Beyoncé's fame, British rapper Tiny Tempah and others.
Okafor started his artistic career relatively recently. The artist is only 27 years old, and he is happy to share the fruits of his work with everyone through his online portfolio on Flickr. There you can also see a series of photographs depicting Okafora in the process of working on a drawing, and once again marvel at his rare gift for working out the smallest details.
Exhibitions of Okafor's works have already been held in a number of prestigious museums not only in Nigeria, but also in Great Britain. The artist has set a standard price of £ 10,000 for each drawing - so his hard work pays well. Every fan of one of the celebrities depicted, be it Rihanna or Queen Elizabeth II, will surely want to have such an exclusive portrait at home.
Okafor's photorealistic pencil portraits are second to none. However, the Nigerian artist is not the only contemporary art to be mesmerized by celebrity media imagery. Regular readers of Kulturologia.ru already know about many authors of original portraits of politicians and pop stars. You can recall the original works from the unusual materials at hand of the art group Mondongo and witty cartoons Vincent Altamore.
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