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Additional information
Technique | Lithograph |
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Edition | Edition of 40 |
Sheet Size | Sheet size: 51 x 71 cm (20 x 28 in) |
Inscription | Signed by the artist & numbered on reverse |
Publisher | Published by InBetween, 2010 |
Paradise by Night, a portfolio of ten colour lithographs, was Ofili’s response to a group of young poets individually commissioned to speculate on the theme of a tropical paradise experienced in the hours of darkness. Following his move to Trinidad in 2005, Ofili’s work developed a more simplified colour palette and use of pared-down forms, exploring Trinidad’s landscape and mythology through flowing lines and intense colours. Harmonising spirituality, music, high art and folk art through a series of colour-saturated and stylised lithographs, each work appears as a hallucinatory vision arising from contemporary literature and history.