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Elisha NyongYellow Ambitions -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Surrealism Women2025
2025
$4,000
£3,045.92
€3,507.29
CA$5,668.35
A$6,097.12
CHF 3,258.48
MX$71,867.71
NOK 41,081.80
SEK 37,556.56
DKK 26,205.38
About the Item
“Thus wrote I, since my One Love was torn from me. I cannot work: I cannot
think: I seek distraction here: I seek distraction there: but this is all my truth, that I
Who love have lost; and how may I regain?”
A surreal exploration of desire, growth, and the pursuit of light. The artwork should
evoke both the warmth and intensity of ambition (the longing for true
affections)—how it illuminates, overwhelms, and transforms those who chase it or
even crush them, becoming their crucible. Yellow serves as the central motif,
symbolizing energy, hope, obsession, and the blinding brilliance of dreams.
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Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity (Issued by the Gallery)
About the Artist
Elisha Nyong’s surreal body of work is a terrestrial representation of his personal “Surrealist’s manifesto,” which he developed as a budding artist. It encapsulates the surreal practice of André Breton, and the allusions of Salvador Dalí, and is fueled by the psychoanalytic theories of Freud. His style is born of studies and research to better understand creativity by exploring abstract themes of an abstract world with physical consequences.
ARTIST STATEMENT
Demystifying the mysteries of existentialism is the core of my art praxis; my technique rides stately on the back of free-spiritedness and countermanding the superstitions and taboos of the society in which I was raised. The unique themes of my visual allegories are a clarion call to seek out and assimilate dimensions beyond the three-dimensional world... it is a letter, so long I’ve barely begun.
- Creator:Elisha Nyong (1996, Nigerian)
- Creation Year:2025
- Dimensions:Height: 45 in (114.3 cm)Width: 42 in (106.68 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Ibadan, NG
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1717217486422
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