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In his Afromuses series of imaginative portraits, each figure is individualised by clothing, hairstyle, jewellery, and gender. Switchboard: +44 (0) 20 7306 0055, You must have Javascript enabled to view zooming images, We are currently closed until spring 2023, while essential building works take place.

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Purchased with help from Laura and Barry Townsley and Janet de Botton, 2008.

[Go to accessibility information]. Please note your email address will not be displayed on the page nor will it be used for any marketing material or promotion of any kind. x 13 7/8 in. He typically employs collage, resin, glitter and multiple layers of paint to create images that take racial and sexual stereotypes as their subject matter. We digitise over 8,000 portraits a year and we cannot guarantee being able to digitise images that are not already scheduled. Contributions are moderated.

This early painting is one of a number of self-portraits painted by Ofili from 1988. The collection that owns the artwork may have more information on their own website about permitted uses and image licensing options.

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His exuberant paintings are renowned for their rich layering and inventive use of media, including balls of elephant dung that punctuate the canvas and support them … Please note that we cannot provide valuations. He employs collage, resin, glitter and multiple layers of paint to create images that often refer to his Nigerian heritage and black experience. Sitter in 5 portraitsArtist of 1 portraitBritish-born artist Ofili studied at Chelsea School of Art and Royal College of Art. Select the portrait of interest to you, then look out for a Buy a Print button.

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He typically employs collage, resin, glitter and multiple layers of paint to create images that take racial and sexual stereotypes as their subject matter.

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Review the copyright credit lines that are located underneath the image, as these indicate who manages the copyright (©) within the artwork, and the photographic rights within the image. Ofili has built an international reputation with his works that bridge the sacred and the profane, popular culture and beliefs. Please note that we cannot provide valuations. Sometimes we have not recorded the date of a portrait.

Artist; studied at Chelsea School of Art (1988–1991) and Royal College of Art (1991–1993).

Self-portraiture is rare in Chris Ofili's work. by Gautier Deblonde bromide fibre print, 1998 7 3/8 in. Can you tell us more about this portrait? We digitise over 8,000 portraits a year and we cannot guarantee being able to digitise images that are not already scheduled.

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His art was included in Whitworth Young Contemporaries and NPG's BP Portrait Award and represented in the Royal Academy's Sensation exhibition (1997). If you wish to license an image, please use our Rights and Images service. His art was included in Whitworth Young Contemporaries and NPG's BP Portrait Award and represented in the Royal Academy's Sensation exhibition (1997). See more ideas about Chris ofili, British artist, Chris. Switchboard: +44 (0) 20 7306 0055, We are currently closed until spring 2023, while essential building works take place, All paintings by this artist on the Art UK website. The National Portrait Gallery will NOT use your information to contact you or store for any other purpose than to investigate or display your contribution.

In 1991 won a British Council Travel Scholarship to Zimbabwe which lead to his adoption of elephant dung, which supports and decorates his paintings.

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We would welcome any information that adds to and enhances our information and understanding about a particular portrait, sitter or artist. Included in Sensation (1997), won Turner prize (1998).This early painting is one of a number of self-portraits painted when Ofili was a student. Review our guidance pages which explain how you can reuse images, how to credit an image and how to find images in the public domain or with a Creative Commons licence available. Chris Ofili’s work often makes reference to his Nigerian heritage, with images that take racial and sexual stereotypes as their subject matter. If you have any products in your basket we recommend that you complete your purchase from Art UK before you leave our site to avoid losing your purchases.

Please ensure your comments are relevant and appropriate. It was executed while he was at Chelsea School of Art (1989-91) and is among the most compelling of these works, at once more painterly, directly observed and literal than its counterparts.
Add or edit a note on this artwork that only you can see. Made when Ofili was still a student at the Chelsea School of Art, this self-portrait is relatively traditional but the startlingly cropped composition draws attention to the artist's single eye and the intensity of his self-scrutiny in the mirror. Prices start at £6 for unframed prints, £25 for framed prints. Read more on National Portrait Gallery, London, Double Captain Shit and the Legend of the Black Stars, Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, Between art and popular culture: the myriad influences of Chris Ofili.

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National Portrait Gallery, St Martin's Place, London, WC2H 0HESwitchboard: +44 (0) 20 7306 0055, Find out more about the Inspiring People project, National Portrait Gallery, St Martin's Place, London, WC2H 0HE Included in Whitworth Young Contemporaries (1989, 1990 and 1991) and NPG's BP Portrait Award (1990 and 1991).

We would welcome any information that adds to and enhances our information and understanding about a particular portrait, sitter or artist. Prices start at £6 for unframed prints, £25 for framed prints. by Eamonn McCabe C-type colour print, 2002 14 in.

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Sep 17, 2014 - Explore Francis Barber Art Department's board "Chris Ofili" on Pinterest. (186 mm x 280 mm) Purchased, 1998 Photographs Collection NPG x87709

It prefigures his later college-based style when self-portraiture ceased to be a subject. Spotted an error, information that is missing (a sitter’s life dates, occupation or family relationships, or a date of portrait for example) or do you know anything that we don't know? How do you know this? If you have information to share please complete the form below. (1019 mm x 442 mm)Purchased with help from Laura and Barry Townsley and Janet de Botton, 2008Primary CollectionNPG 6835. Ofili won the Turner prize in 1998 and went on to win a British Council Travel Scholarship to Zimbabwe which …