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Category: Menil Collection Archives - Gibbes Museum of Art

The story of the hunt glorifies no one (homage to Chinua Achebe), 2013, by Toyin Ojih Odutola

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1858 Prize Finalist: Toyin Ojih Odutola

“Identity is often varying, suspect, and ever-changing,” shares Toyin Ojih Odutola, a visual artist and 1858 Prize finalist. Odutola’s body of work depicts black portraiture with a variety of media—ballpoint pen, charcoal, pastel, pencil and marker. By portraying different individuals and scenes, Odutola scrutinizes identity, race, and social concepts of skin color in Western society. […]

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