The Three Yoruba Brothers

The Three Yoruba Brothers

Three brothers. One inheritance. The light arranges itself around them like a verdict.

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The Black Widow

She is two selves now. The woman she was, and the woman who remains.

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Abraham & Isaac

The hand stays raised. The angel has already arrived. The inheritance is the moment between.

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Black Panther

The body that refuses to be tamed. The black that was never decoration.

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Storm

She does not wait for the weather. She is the weather.

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Red Man

He has seen the whole city. Now the city looks back at him.

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The Grandmasters Diptych

The original paintings. One board between them.

₦10,000,000
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Tòlání

A woman adorned in Aṣò ẹbí. In the folds of her Gele, a calm, assured regality.

€2.281,95
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Midas Figurine

€91,95

New Money Figurine

€91,95

Old Money Figurine

€91,95

Halimat

The daughter of the middle. The one who fights to be seen. Her gaze always outwards.

€803,95

Ada

The first daughter. The one who shoulders the weight, but whose tears won't show.

€620,95

Àríkè

The last daughter. She shines and glows, stepping in the footsteps of her sisters, her head held high.

€1.076,95

The Complete Auntys

Ada. Halimat. Àríkè. All three sisters, together.

€2.500,95

Oriana

She arrived with flowers and weather in her hair, and the room rearranged itself.

€593,95
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Mama Gold

She built the market and the market built the city. The cigar is hers. So is the last word.

€269,95
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Tutu

Enwonwu painted her, and the nation saw itself. Here she is again.

€86,95
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The Wedding Dinner

The table where every story meets.

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The Latecomer

He missed the vows. He has not missed the meaning.

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The Groom's Father

He is watching. He is remembering the day his own father watched him.

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The Bridesmaid

She is beautiful in a way that costs nothing, and she knows it.

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The Aunty

She knows who belongs at the table, and who came to eat anyway.

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The Groom

He has rehearsed this moment a hundred times. None of them prepared him.

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Artist's Note
Three brothers. Three oba. Forbidden from meeting face to face. I painted them the only way the taboo allows. Each dissolved into saturated colour, faced in a different direction, looking elsewhere. The story shifts in the telling. So does the painting.
The Three Yoruba Brothers
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