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The Blue Room (2026)Acrylic painting by Emmanuel Akolo
50.8 x 60.96 x 2.54cm (unframed) / 50.8 x 60.96cm (actual image size)
£657.94
Original artwork description
I created The Blue Room to interrogate the “corporate masquerade”—the pressure on creatives to dress in symbols of traditional success to be taken seriously. Here, the flat blue background becomes a pressurized vacuum, stripping away context until only the subject and his armor remain. From polished shoes to gold watch and tailored suit, every element is a weight of expectation.
By showing him in a state of exhaustion, I ask: what is the cost of maintaining this facade? This is a portrait of a creative in forced stillness, a constructed image hiding an authentic self beneath a polished exterior. A high-contrast palette emphasizes the physical and emotional toll of this performance, while honoring the resilience required to inhabit these roles and still guard one’s inner life.
Materials used:
Acrylic On Canvas
Details:
- Acrylic painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 50.8 x 60.96 x 2.54cm (unframed) / 50.8 x 60.96cm (actual image size)
- Signed certificate of authenticity
- Style: Expressive and gestural
- Subject: People and portraits
Tags:
#man#blue#suit#room#shoe#appearance#cultural heritage#luminous skin#soulful expressionism#visceral figuration#high-contrast figuration#fit in#black majesty
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Original artwork description
I created The Blue Room to interrogate the “corporate masquerade”—the pressure on creatives to dress in symbols of traditional success to be taken seriously. Here, the flat blue background becomes a pressurized vacuum, stripping away context until only the subject and his armor remain. From polished shoes to gold watch and tailored suit, every element is a weight of expectation.
By showing him in a state of exhaustion, I ask: what is the cost of maintaining this facade? This is a portrait of a creative in forced stillness, a constructed image hiding an authentic self beneath a polished exterior. A high-contrast palette emphasizes the physical and emotional toll of this performance, while honoring the resilience required to inhabit these roles and still guard one’s inner life.
Materials used:
Acrylic On Canvas
Details:
- Acrylic painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 50.8 x 60.96 x 2.54cm (unframed) / 50.8 x 60.96cm (actual image size)
- Signed certificate of authenticity
- Style: Expressive and gestural
- Subject: People and portraits
Tags:
#man#blue#suit#room#shoe#appearance#cultural heritage#luminous skin#soulful expressionism#visceral figuration#high-contrast figuration#fit in#black majesty