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Chris Ofili
27 Jan­u­ary   –   16 May 2010

Chris Ofili’s intensely coloured and intri­cately orna­mented paint­ings are on show at Tate Britain in a major sur­vey of the artist’s career that brings together over 45 paint­ings, as well as pen­cil draw­ings and water­colours from the mid 1990s to today. One of the most acclaimed British painters of his gen­er­a­tion, Ofili won the Turner Prize in 1998 and rep­re­sented Great Britain at the 50th Venice Bien­nale in 2003.

Ofili has built an inter­na­tional rep­u­ta­tion with his works that bridge the sacred and the pro­fane, pop­u­lar cul­ture and beliefs. His exu­ber­ant paint­ings are renowned for their rich lay­er­ing and inven­tive use of media, includ­ing balls of ele­phant dung ”

(Via Tate Britain| Future Exhi­bi­tions | Chris Ofili.)