{"id":3903,"date":"2017-01-10T23:05:01","date_gmt":"2017-01-10T23:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.novonon.com\/blog\/?p=3903"},"modified":"2017-01-10T23:05:01","modified_gmt":"2017-01-10T23:05:01","slug":"hyperrealistic-oil-paintings-of-vivid-chrome-masks-by-kip-omolade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.novonon.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/10\/hyperrealistic-oil-paintings-of-vivid-chrome-masks-by-kip-omolade\/","title":{"rendered":"Hyperrealistic Oil Paintings of Vivid Chrome Masks by Kip Omolade"},"content":{"rendered":"

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[Hyperrealistic painting tends to be pretty hit or miss for me (even in person), and his choice of palette isn’t one I’m typically into, but these are just gorgeous. -egg]<\/p>\n

Brooklyn-based artist Kip Omolade<\/a> creates large-scale oil paintings of chrome masks, depicting not only the subtle details of female faces, but incorporating the reflected environment of each piece. The series, entitled Diovadiova Chrome<\/em>, makes reference in part to historical African sculptures, while exploring contemporary aspects of identity, luxury, and immortality. Each piece begins as a mold and cast taken from an actual model which is then utilized as source material for Omolade\u2019s towering paintings which can measure several feet tall.<\/p>\n

\u201cDiovadiova Chrome<\/em> portraits historically connect to ancient, realistic African sculptures such as Benin ivory masks and Ife bronze heads,\u201d shares Omolade in his artist statement<\/a>. \u201cThe oil paintings are psychological studies that investigate immortality, the universal masks we all wear and contemporary notions of beauty and luxury. The labor-intensive process involves making a mold and cast of each model\u2019s face, reworking the cast plaster sculpture, producing a version in resin and adding a chrome layer with artificial eyelashes. The final sculpture then serves as a model for the hyper-realistic oil painting. This technique maintains the likeness qualities of portraiture while re-presenting a mask that serves as a conduit between the spiritual and natural world.\u201d<\/p>\n

The term Omolade uses to describe the series, Diovadiova<\/em>, is a word he derived from a combination of the Italian word \u201cDio<\/em>\u201d meaning god, and the historical meaning of the word \u201cdiva<\/em>\u201d which is goddess.<\/p>\n

Omolade first began his art career working as a graffiti artist while interning at Marvel Comics and The Center for African Art and went on to earn a BFA from the School of Visual Arts. His work was most recently included in the Re:Semblance<\/a> exhibition at the Redbull House of Art<\/a> in Detroit and last year\u2019s FREAK OUT!<\/a> show at Zhou B Art Center<\/a>. You can follow more of his work on Instagram<\/a>. (via Creator\u2019s Project<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Source: Hyperrealistic Oil Paintings of Vivid Chrome Masks by Kip Omolade<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[Hyperrealistic painting tends to be pretty hit or miss for me (even in person), and his choice of palette isn’t one I’m typically into, but these are just gorgeous. -egg] Brooklyn-based artist Kip Omolade creates large-scale oil paintings of chrome masks, depicting not only the subtle details of female faces, but incorporating the reflected environment […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3pfIY-10X","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.novonon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.novonon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.novonon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.novonon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.novonon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3903"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.novonon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3908,"href":"https:\/\/www.novonon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3903\/revisions\/3908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.novonon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.novonon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.novonon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}