Original artwork description:
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
Tags:
#pen art #portrait #contemporary #nude #drawing #figurative #monochrome #figure #male figure #black art #african #african art #nude male #human form #pen drawing #diasporaLike A Monkey (2017)
Drawing
by Habib Hajallie
1 Artist Reviews
£1,800 Sold
- 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
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Original artwork description
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
Tags:
#pen art #portrait #contemporary #nude #drawing #figurative #monochrome #figure #male figure #black art #african #african art #nude male #human form #pen drawing #diasporaReturns and refunds
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Artist Reviews (1)
This artwork is sold by Habib Hajallie from United Kingdom
Habib Hajallie
United Kingdom
About
I am an honouree of The Forbes 30 under 30 list for Europe 2023 and the winner of The UK New Artist of the Year. In March 2022 I was... Read more
