Utom Imo, “Works of Imo” 917-826-3619
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The Artwork of Imo
UNEARTHING PANGAEA
When I work on a painting, there are always a number of ideas swimming around in my head - always at the same time and usually without any clear single direction. This is hard to deal with when creating a massive 10 x 5 foot work. The problem is, at any given time, the [...]
The Song of the Cicada
The Song of the Cicada
And it had been years
She emerged pregnant with light, no longer a humble fixture beneath the heavy stones that had both trapped and comforted her
leaving indentations and chat logs on her soft difficult skin
And her Biography was told with her body
Her singed hair offering plumes of dusty chapters, written with the [...]
Emefre
Emefre & A History of Fan Aesthetics
Emefre (Oil on Canvas, 60 x 72 Inches, 2008) is one of my newer works. In the pattern of many of my other works, it follows a monochromatic and linear scheme that betrays my allegiance to drawn forms, rather than painted ones. But the story behind the image [...]