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 Copyright the artist / Victoria Miro Gallery | | | Ofili, Chris (1968 - )
UK
The Shadow of Captain Shit and the Legend of the Black Stars, 1998
Mixed media;
243.8 x 182.8 cm
Young British Art
UID 102-412
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Biography
British painter who was awarded the Turner Prize in 1998. Chris Ofili's painting combines several media and uses unusual materials: paint, beads, collaged elements, glitter dots and - the most unconventional - elephant dung. Ofili's images are playful and discordant, they forge a connection between his English art school training and his African ancestry and between black urban culture and the artist's experience of Zimbabwe. Ofili uses personal imagery to draw attention to cultural issues.
Exhibitions
Carnegie International 1999/2000
Carnegie Museum of Art, USA
06-11-1999 ~ 26-03-2000
The Berardo Collection - A Voyage through the 20th Century
Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal
04-12-2004 ~ 30-04-2005
Sin Título (el arte del siglo XX en la Colección Berardo)
Fundación Pedro Barrié de la Maza, Spain
29-06-2006 ~ 26-11-2006
Não te Posso Ver Nem Pintado
Museu Colecção Berardo, Portugal
15-09-2008 ~ 10-05-2009
Tudo o que é Sólido
Museu Colecção Berardo, Portugal
07-06-2010 ~ 12-09-2010
Bibliography
Carnegie International 1999/2000, 1999
Published by Carnegie Museum of Art
Sin Título (el arte del siglo XX en la Colección Berardo), 2006
Published by Fundación Pedro Barrié de la Maza
ISBN 8495892529
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