Enitan

Mixed media on canvas.

37.30x47.20"

Title: Ẹnìtàn
Year: 2022
Medium: Acrylic, beads and diamante on canvas
Size: 47.2” x 31.25” | 120 x 47.25 cm
SIGNATURE: Hand signed by Artist
SUBJECT: Yoruba Indigenous Names
STYLES: Contemporary
Original: One of a kind Artwork
Certificate of Authenticity Included

ARTIST STATEMENT
In Yoruba culture, the name given to a child is symbolic of their history or their destiny.

In the Yoruba culture, the name given to a child is symbolic of their history or their destiny.

E.N.I.T.A.N pronounced “Any-ton” means “A person of story, or a person with a history”. Everyone carries a story about.

Know the story, know the person.
What is your story?

Delicately infused in the Gèlè (Head wrap) and bodice of this art piece are over 2000 diamante crystals and beads.