Artwork

Title: The Generous Give, 2023

Rarity: Unique

Size: 60 x 60 x 1.9 cm

Materials: Acrylic on plastic panel

Medium: Painting

Artist

Name: KPE Innocent

Nationality: Ghanaian

b. 1994

Bio

Kpe Innocent is a self-taught visual artist who strives to create works that focus on representing the commonality the entire human race share regardless of geographic or sociological limitations.Transforming his faith into art, he incorporates themes surrounding love, grace and hope, speaking to conditions that affect us as humans, because at the end of the day, we all have similar fears and we all hope for better things. His quirky acrylic on canvas paintings show bulbous humanoid figures, whose proportions are exaggerated and dominate their surroundings. Like the background, the figures are painted in blocks of colour in neutral earthy tones and clean minimalist lines. His work combines contemporary aesthetics like streetwear and modernist architecture with Christian theology. These figures are mostly found in isolation, representing our natural state of individuality. Innocent’s work also speaks to a reflection on the metaphysical; a way of reminding people that there is more to life than meets the eye. That there can be good in the world regardless of the evil that is predominant, and this he is determined to preach through his practice.