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Oliver OKOLO, A flower as a gesture IV - Detail
Oliver OKOLO Nigeria, b. 1992 – Works from €3,500 – €19,000
A flower as a gesture IV, 2026
Oil on canvas
50 cm H × 40 cm W
(19 7/10 × 15 7/10 inches)
(19 7/10 × 15 7/10 inches)
Hand-signed by artist
In A flower as a gesture IV, Oliver Okolo presents the portrait as a moment of quiet encounter. The sunflowers held by the sitter become luminous gestures, suggesting warmth, resilience...
In A flower as a gesture IV, Oliver Okolo presents the portrait as a moment of quiet encounter. The sunflowers held by the sitter become luminous gestures, suggesting warmth, resilience and the passing nature of beauty. The figure’s direct gaze gives the painting a calm intensity, while the flowers introduce a sense of movement, growth and eventual decline. As part of the A Flower as a Gesture series, the work reflects Okolo’s ongoing exploration of presence and absence, using portraiture to consider how human identity is shaped by memory, time and symbolic detail.
Provenance
Directly from artist's studio
