Like A Monkey (2017) Original Drawing by Habib Hajallie

Whilst getting an ECG test last year, I was likened to a monkey by the NHS nurse of whom was carrying out the procedure. As one would expect, I was taken aback.
In response to this notion of subtle or not so subtle prejudice; I seek to take ownership of an insulted that I have experienced on multiple occasions as a young ethnic male. By assuming the animalistic pose of a monkey holding a banana, which also acts as motif of masculinity with the clear phallic symbolism, I attempt to use humorous rhetoric to display my experience.

Materials used:

Sierra Leonean text and fineliner pen

Details:

• Drawing on Other
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 93 x 63 x 1cm (framed) / 90 x 60cm (actual image size)
• Framed and ready to hang
• Signed on the back
• Style: Expressive and gestural
• Subject: People and portraits