Family 1
$13000.00
Family 1 is a vibrant mixed-media artwork celebrating kinship, ancestry, unity, and collective identity. The composition gathers multiple stylized human forms into one interwoven figure, suggesting a family held together by shared memory, culture, protection, and love. Bold masks, expressive hands, layered faces, and rhythmic geometric patterns create a sense of closeness and spiritual connection.The artwork is rich with color and texture, using radiant yellows, blues, reds, oranges, blacks, and whites to create movement and emotional warmth. The beaded or dotted surface treatment gives the piece a tactile, ceremonial quality, while the mask-like faces and symbolic shapes evoke African visual traditions, storytelling, and communal heritage. The central arrangement feels protective and embracing, with figures overlapping as though generations are gathered into one living body.
Artist Name
Sunday Ogbomo
Artist Statement
This artwork explores family as a sacred structure: a place of belonging, protection, memory, and continuity. The clustered figures represent the many voices and personalities that form a household or lineage, while the shared body-like composition symbolizes unity despite difference. Each face carries its own color, pattern, and expression, reflecting the individuality of each family member.The use of vibrant color, symbolic masks, raised textures, and patterned surfaces speaks to cultural inheritance and ancestral presence. The hands suggest care, guidance, blessing, and support, while the layered forms show how family members are connected across generations. This work honors the strength of togetherness and the beauty found in collective identity.
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