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AKINBANJI
OSANYEMI

(bn. late 80s) is a Lagos based self-
trained abstract realism and surrealism
visual artist and an Economics graduate
of Joseph Ayo Babalola University Osun
State Nigeria, He is a vivid observant
who is equally skilled representing
them, drawing on planes. This skill
had a major influence on his choice of
style which the general art world terms
Realism. He seized his opportunity
to evolve in his art, gearing towards
improving technically in shading,
and in understanding proportion and
balance. In order to create a mark and
influential meaning with his artistic
skill, he conceptualizes on flexibility and
contemporary richness while holding
a perception that art should not only
be based on showcasing an individual’s
skill but also as a medium of conveying LOT 33
powerful messages to correct certain Mirabell is No Hypocrite, 2019
irregularities in the human world. He
possesses a non-diminishing thirst for Mixed Media - (W121 x H150) 48 x 59 in.
innovation which can be seen in his Signed and Dated (Lower Right)
versatility through striking charcoal N650,000 - N850,000
drawings and in his styled use of
collages combined with painting and
other materials to create forms; realistic
and surrealistic at the same time.

MIRABEL IS NO HYPOCRITE
The illustration appears as a soft bizarre and as a
quintessence of what should be as to what exists
in our today world. The artist and surrealist is a
dreamer who exposes us to the product of his
mind which is not to create a controversy but
to arrest and to purge our minds to absorb the
ideology of all that love advocates. And in the
light that man has naturally been embedded
with the intuition to differentiate evil from good;
With true Love as the central force of all good.
As we can see, the depiction is a surreal portrait
of a woman-like figure holding a rose which
signifies love and the truest religion man is to
embrace. Mirabel and all that she represents is
an illusion as juxtaposed to the normal society
which is characterized by several degrees of
hypocrisy. Although to the artist, humanity as
chosen to embrace her respective religions which
somewhat brought division and controversies.
Yet these religions were fine-tuned by some to
justify their lifestyle of hypocrisy.