Eleggua, by Ashley Joi

$3,000

Eleggua, Acrylic paint, acrylic gloss gel, art prints, oil pastels, card stock, elastic cord, pumice, marker, pen, nylon cord, coffee grounds on canvas, 48” x 36”

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Eleggua, Acrylic paint, acrylic gloss gel, art prints, oil pastels, card stock, elastic cord, pumice, marker, pen, nylon cord, coffee grounds on canvas, 48” x 36”

 

This mixed-media piece depicts the West African Orisha, Eleggua and feature the Orisha’s colors red, black, and white. Ghanaian Adinkra symbols in the collaged jacket, and the symbol gye nyame, the supremacy of god, can be found in the lines of the face.