Created by
Ekpuk, Victor, Nigerian American, born 1964
Date
2004
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
H x W (unframed): 31 × 22 in. (78.7 × 55.9 cm)
H x W (framed): 40 1/2 × 28 in. (102.9 × 71.1 cm)
Description
A framed artwork titled “I am in all creation and all of creation is in me” by Victor Ekpuk. Against a white background, the work depicts a center circle, half beige, half blue, bisected by a single line. The line extends above the circle, where it becomes a tree or leaf, and below the circle, where it wraps around in a rectilinear fashion to form the figure of a person. The continuous line forms curved head and shoulders above the circle, and then continues below the circle to form first a knee and then a foot and toes.
The artist signed the work below the curvature that makes the knee in the bottom right [Victor Ekpuk 04]. The title is written along the bottom, underneath the artwork ["i am in all creation and all creation is in me].
Classification
Visual Arts
Type
works on paper
Topic
Abstraction
Art
Nature
Spirituality
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Estate of Carroll Parrott Blue
Object number
2023.39.12ab
Restrictions & Rights
© Victor Ekpuk
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5e04ac706-6231-4d10-9796-c8b853f8bba0

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