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- Erizku's work rejects Eurocentric notions of art and beauty in favour of building his singular Afrocentric aesthetic, something he refers to as "Afro-esotericism", whilst referencing art history, hip hop and spirituality, amongst other subjects, in his work.
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Awol Erizku (born 1988) is an Ethiopian-born American contemporary artist. His primary media are painting , photography , sculpture and film. Erizku works with a wide variety of found materials.
Jun 7, 2023 · The Afro-Esotericism of Awol Erizku. The prolific artist knows that contemporary Blackness, made and unmade on the stage of capitalism, is as much defined by its spiritual reckonings as it is...
Oct 1, 2020 · Awol Erizku Is Creating a New Language. The photographer, artist, and GQ contributor on art, fatherhood, and his boundary-pushing new show. “I'm interested in historical intervention,” the ...
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Nov 4, 2021 · Awol Erizku’s Surreal Visions of Africa and Its Diaspora. Engaging traditions of Dadaism and Surrealism, the photographer visualizes contemporary Black creative life. In Awol Erizku’s Jaheem (2020), an African mask is engulfed by fire, an orange-white burn so totalizing that the lapping flames light the steel-mesh fence against which the ...
Mar 8, 2022 · LOS ANGELES — True, Awol Erizku may be best known for his beatific photograph of a pregnant Beyoncé, which in 2017 was the most liked post in Instagram’s history.
Awol Erizku is an Ethiopian-born American artist known for his staged portraits of African Americans and appropriation-based practice. View Awol Erizku’s 64 artworks on artnet. Find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices.
Mar 3, 2021 · High saturate color. Luminosity. Heat. Fire is not seen but implied in Quotidian Drip (2018-20), the scene bathed in a warm orange, near-red, glow. A still life, the work demonstrates Erizku’s open yet refined embrace of wide-ranging cultural reference points.
