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This textural mixed-media painting on canvas by Togolese artist Olympio delivers an unfiltered glimpse into the artist's soul through a powerful blend of texture, energy, and abstract figurative form.
A striking, zoomorphic neo-expressionist form emerges boldly from the canvas, acting as a powerful centerpiece for Olympio's acclaimed figurative works. Visually gripping and complex, thick, sweeping gestures of translucent white, grey, and lavender acrylic define the creature's body, sitting atop a rich, dark matte-black background that subtly reveals glimpses of underlying, calmer chalky undertones. Energetic orange, red, and yellow oil pastel strokes combined with frantic, multi-colored linework and sweeping, misty spray paint lines create a buzzing sense of kinetic motion around the pointed ears and alert tail. This artwork offers a tactile experience where heavily layered textures and skeletal movements perfectly balance a deeply structured, playful composition.
• One-of-a-kind mixed media painting measuring 48 inches square
• Wired and ready to hang
• Signed by the artist on the back
Growing up in Lomé, Togo, West Africa, as one of eight siblings, he found his first art supplies in building scraps. He began by building raw sculptures from found objects before moving to mixed-media collages in high school. He later transitioned to acrylic and oil on canvas.
His creative journey took him from West Africa to Paris in 2001, and eventually to the United States in 2003. Since then, his career has skyrocketed. He made waves at Art Basel Miami, where Red Dot Miami named him one of the Top 10 Artists. Major global networks like the BBC, France 2, and TV5Monde have featured his studio practice. Today, he is widely celebrated as one of the most compelling Togolese-American voices in contemporary art, making his boundary-pushing canvases highly sought after by international collectors.
