Richard Ayodeji Ikhide
Communion, 2024
Watercolour & Gouache on Paper
152.4 x 190.5 cm
60 x 75 in
60 x 75 in
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Following on from the piece The Patriarch’s Principles, I was thinking about the ways in which the father figure imparts and shares deeper truths with his offspring. These deeper truths...
Following on from the piece The Patriarch’s Principles, I was thinking about the ways in which the father figure imparts and shares deeper truths with his offspring. These deeper truths may come by way of spiritual or metaphysical experiences. There are many tribes and groups around the world who initiate their children, when they come of age, into sacred or ancestral knowledge, passing on decades of information built up through the family lineage.
I was thinking this picture could engage with this idea and explore how this process may come about.