A young John tenderly seeks protection from a Black Jesus. The red cloak around them suggests that they are lovers. The year Fani-Kayode took this picture, he died of AIDS. Thanks to eroticism and religious ecstasy, he manages to escape the body. Spirituality was his medicine but also his indictment of the marginalised position of the gay Black man. Who, according to art history, is allowed to be holy? [text 2023]
Title
Every Moment Counts (Ecstatic Antibodies)
Artist
Rotimi Fani-Kayode (Lagos 1955 - 1989 Londen)
Dating
1989
Material and technique
Object number
34952
Object type
Acquisition
aankoop 2019
Dimensions
hoogte 122 cm
breedte 122 cm
hoogte (met lijst) 150 cm
breedte (met lijst) 150 cm
Exhibitions
- Collectie Centraal, Centraal Museum
- MOED: Wat niet gezien wordt, Centraal Museum
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