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Posted On: October 3rd 2026, 12:44 am
“ In Gbolahan’s paintings, the figure emerges as a monumental yet enigmatic form. Rendered in dense black pigment and marked with incisions, scratches,
and gestural inscriptions, these figures appear less as portraits than as
vessels of experience. Their surfaces evoke excavation marks or ritual
symbols, suggesting that the human body itself can be read as an archive
shaped by time, belief, and historical tension”
#Process
and gestural inscriptions, these figures appear less as portraits than as
vessels of experience. Their surfaces evoke excavation marks or ritual
symbols, suggesting that the human body itself can be read as an archive
shaped by time, belief, and historical tension”
#Process
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