EFO SELA
The iconic black and white paintings of Efo Sela raises awareness of global issues on power, police brutality, identity, racism, conflict and deep human emotions. Sela paints distorted elongated figures in heavy impasto, typically illustrating them in figure and ground composition often with red splashes and dripping accidental effects. He achieves this aesthetic signature style by applying expressive brushwork and gestural swirls of abstract figures on creamy backgrounds that creates a zebra-like pattern filled with optical illusions and multi-layered textures. Often typical of his iconic paintings, he creates accidental effects through splashing, splattering, dripping and soak staining techniques deeply rooted in Ewe spiritual art practices […]
