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Akinboye Akinola PeterUnfinished Business -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Couple, Fashion2025
2025
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This painting stands as a striking testament to the silent language of human relationships—an evocative portrayal of presence, distance, and the unspoken dialogue that lingers between two figures. The artist masterfully captures a moment suspended in time, where silence weighs heavier than words, and posture speaks with a resonance that transcends speech.
The figures, back-to-back yet bound by the same compositional space, symbolize both separation and connection. The woman, arms folded across her chest, radiates strength, resilience, and withheld emotion, while the man, poised in quiet contemplation, exudes an inward tension veiled beneath stoic composure. Their gazes extend beyond the canvas, refusing to meet, suggesting an unseen horizon of memory, conflict, or longing. This deliberate duality pulls the viewer into a magnetic emotional space, asking us not simply to look, but to feel the air of unuttered words vibrating between them.
Chromatic choices intensify the drama of the piece: the deep, velvety tones of the woman’s form contrast with the stark luminosity of the man’s white shirt, embodying the polarity of darkness and light, silence and expression, unity and division. The muted background, marked by a single horizontal band of yellow, becomes more than a backdrop—it is a symbolic threshold, a line of demarcation where past and future, estrangement and reconciliation, all converge.
There is an undeniable theatricality here, yet the drama is grounded in a profoundly human reality. It is the quiet after an argument, the echo of love deferred, the space where vulnerability wrestles with pride. The viewer cannot escape the weight of this silence, nor the deep tenderness hidden beneath the rigidity of form. It is precisely this duality—conflict laced with connection—that gives the painting its spellbinding power.
This work is not just an image; it is a mirror of the human condition. It confronts us with the beauty and fragility of relationships, reminding us of the unseen narratives carried in posture, gaze, and silence. To live with this painting is to live with a reminder of our own humanity—our longings, our tensions, our capacity to both hold on and let go.
Collectors who acquire this piece do not simply own an artwork; they possess an emotional portal, a timeless narrative distilled onto canvas. It is a visual symphony of tension and tenderness, destined to spark dialogue and reverie wherever it resides.
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Abstract theological ideas about God and divinity vary from culture to culture and from person to person. But common to all spiritual yearning is a desire to be bonded with the cosmos or to a reality larger than oneself. In this way, “the sacred” is not a theoretical idea, but an experience of being deeply connected with everything in the visible universe and all the forces that lie behind it. When we experience this vital sense of connectedness, life becomes engaging and meaningful. In a living cosmovision, humanity is bonded with the heavens and the living Earth—an embodiment of the starlight from which all things flow.
[...] Nature itself is a dynamic unfolding power, yet it is also a power manifest in the human psyche. Deep within our being, our innermost nature is nature itself. - David Fideler
- Creator:Akinboye Akinola Peter (1994, Nigerian)
- Creation Year:2025
- Dimensions:Height: 36 in (91.44 cm)Width: 36 in (91.44 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Ibadan, NG
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1717217313272
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