He started using the rosary in his studio practice in 2017, to raise questions around what is a religious item and what is art, what is held sacred and what is stigmatised as demonic. “Our art has been demonised for so long. So, now, my thing is: if you see a work that is made …
Spotlights pick out the rhinestones in Victor Ehikhamenor’s giant rosary-bead tapestry so that it sparkles, brightening up part of the crypt in the 17th Century cathedral. This image of the oba, or king, of Benin dominates the space, through which thousands of visitors pass every week, and draws the eye. Next to it – barely …
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