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In October of 1999, Sensation opened at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, where it was Chris Ofili’s iconic painting, The Holy Virgin Mary that incited the most heated debate. Mayor Rudy Giuliani threatened to close the city-funded institution on the grounds that this artwork was offensive to religious viewers. Two months later, the painting, which ...
Chris Ofili (b.1968) Tate. British painter of Nigerian descent, born in Manchester. He studied at Chelsea College of Art and Design and the *Royal College of Art. While at the latter, Ofili won a travelling scholarship to Zimbabwe. There he discovered the material which was to be his trademark, elephant dung.
Christopher Ofili, (born 10 October 1968) is a British painter who is best known for his paintings incorporating elephant dung. He was Turner Prize-winner and one of the Young British Artists. Since 2005, Ofili has been living and working in Trinidad and Tobago, where he currently resides in the city of Port of Spain.
He received the prestigious Turner Prize—the first Black artist to do so—in 1998. The Studio Museum has presented his work in exhibitions such as Chris Ofili: Afro Muses (2005); Collection in Context: Four Decades (2008); and 30 Seconds off an Inch (2009).
Nov 4, 2015 · Chris Ofili was born in Manchester, England, in 1968, and currently lives and works in Trinidad. He received his BA in Fine Art from the Chelsea School of Art in 1991 and his MA in Fine Art from the Royal College of Art in 1993.
Ofili here employs African–inspired motifs, glitter, collaged cutouts from popular magazines, and, most notoriously, elephant dung. The latter material has associations for him with African tribal culture, but its unusual use in his paintings has proven an affront to some, particularly in works that confront racial and religious stereotypes.
Nov 25, 2014 · The Holy Virgin Mary (Chris Ofili) A new exhibition by British artist Chris Ofili has been greeted with rapturous praise – where once his work was surrounded by controversy. What’s changed ...
