Chris Ofili

British · b. 1968 · Painter, Printmaker

Christopher Ofili (born 10 October 1968) is a British painter who won the Turner Prize in 1998. He has used resin, beads, oil paint, glitter, lumps of elephant dung and… (Wikipedia)

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  1. Chris Ofili, Triple Beam Dreamer, 2001-2002, acrylic, oil, leaves, glitter, polyester resin, map pins and elephant dung on linen, with two elephant dung supportsTriple Beam DreamerPhillips · £1,014,700≈ $1,395,415≈ €1,202,737Sign up to see
  2. Chris Ofili, Homage, 1993-1995, acrylic, oil, polyester resin, map pins, elephant dung on linenHomagePhillips · £302,500≈ $475,318≈ €426,945Sign up to see
  3. Chris Ofili, The Naked Spirit of Captain Shit and the Legend of the Black Stars, 2000-2001, acrylic, oil, phosphorescent paint, paper collage, glitter, polyester resin, map pins on linen, and elephant dungThe Naked Spirit of Captain Shit and the Legend of the Black StarsPhillips · $475,000≈ £370,833≈ €423,994Sign up to see

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Christopher Ofili (born 10 October 1968) is a British painter who won the Turner Prize in 1998. He has used resin, beads, oil paint, glitter, lumps of elephant dung and cut-outs from pornographic magazines as painting elements.

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Born 1968, ManchesterOccupation Painter, Printmaker, Sculptor, Draughtsman, PhotographerWikidata Q1077608 ↗ULAN 500057423 ↗

In the collections of

TateArt Institute of ChicagoArts Council Collection, Southbank CentreAuckland Art GalleryCarnegie Museum of ArtCleveland Museum of ArtDallas Museum of ArtHessel Museum of ArtMetropolitan Museum of ArtMuseum of Modern ArtNational Portrait GallerySan Francisco Museum of Modern ArtSouthampton City Art GalleryStudio Museum in Harlem

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Black Atlanticcontemporary art

Also known as Christopher Ofili

Artist record compiled from: auction results, Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0), MoMA collection data (CC0), Tate collection data (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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