Amazing painting of Mr.Jean David Nkot Wum’s Child, 2020120x110 cmAcrylic, silkscreen printing on canvas and posca on canvaCertificate of authenticity included.
Portrait painter Jean David Nkot is concerned with themes of migration and exile, particularly within the contemporary African context. . His brightly colored figures are painted over detailed cartographic patterns, mapping each subject’s geographical and emotional journeys. The artist refers to these works as “molecule maps” and cites emotive figurative painters Zhang Dali, Francis Bacon, and Jenny Saville as inspirations. The artist employs various mediums, including painting, silkscreen, and India ink, to create profound portraits commemorating lives lost on perilous journeys and serving to make their stories visible. Nkot has exhibited internationally and in his native Cameroon at the National Museum.