Ehikhamenor’s practice also encapsulates works on paper that are composed of a series of perforations - small, uniform holes that read as miniature, circular eruptions of the head of a nail that has cut through the paper over and over and then been removed …
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These perforations form shapes and portraits, building figures from the negative space they remove from the surface. A more sculptural, monochrome form of the modernist painting technique of pointillism, the perforations form figures from a neat, methodical violence inflicted on the surface of the work, building a poetic and visceral take on the violence of systems of power and education and their role in shaping identity.
Chief and Son | 2020 | Perforation on hand-made paper | Private collection | 73 x 50 in.
Born To Reign | 2017 | Perforation on hand-made paper | 38 x 53 in.
Contemplation (The Palace Singer As A Historian) | 2017 | Perforation on hand-made paper | 38 x 53 in.
Mary Magdalene In Harlem | 2021 | Perforation with 24k gold leaf on handmade paper | 37.5 x 53.5 in.
No Sympathy For The King | 2021 | Perforation on hand-made paper | Private collection | 73 x 50 in
The Chief who Stood His Ground | 2021 | Perforation, gold leaf on hand-made paper | 79 x 63 in
Black Transfiguration | 2021 | Perforation with 24k gold leaf on handmade paper | 79 x 63 in.
Of Migrant African Expatriates | 2021 | Perforation, gold leaf on hand-made paper | 73 x 50 in
The Destiny Of A King From The Sky | 2021 | Perforation on handmade paper | 54 X 42 in.
Yours Is The Kingdom And The Power And The Glory Forever | 2021 | Perforation with 24k gold leaf on handmade paper | 79 x 63 in.
The King Was Here | 2020 | Perforation on handmade paper | 37 x 52 in.
Worthy Ancestor Series | 2021 | Acrylic, 24k gold leaf and perforation on handmade paper | 14 x 20.5 in
Worthy Ancestor Series | 2021 | Acrylic, 24k gold leaf and perforation on handmade paper | 14 x 20.5 in.
Worthy Ancestor Series | 2021 | Acrylic and perforation on handmade paper | 27.4 x 20.1 in.
Worthy Ancestor Series | 2021 | Acrylic, 24k gold leaf and perforation on handmade paper | 14 x 20.5 in.
Worthy Ancestor Series | 2021 | Acrylic, 24k gold leaf and perforation on handmade paper | 14 x 20.5 in.
Worthy Ancestor Series | 2021 | Walnut ink, Acrylic, 24k Gold leaf and perforation on handmade paper | 20.7 x 28.3 in.
St. Maya–Phenomenal Ancestor | 2021 | Perforation with 24k gold leaf on handmade paper | 43 in.
St. James–Noble Ancestor | 2021 | Perforation with 24k gold leaf on handmade paper | 43 in.
A Queen At Rest | 2020 | Perforation on handmade paper | 48.5 X 48.6 in.
What Was I Thinking | 2020 | Perforation on handmade paper | 48.5 x 48.6 in.
Luminary From The Sky | 2021 | Perforation with 24k gold leaf on handmade paper | 43 in.
Royal Pantheon | 2021 | Perforation with 24k gold leaf on handmade paper | 43 in.