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An installation consisting of a specially designed panelled room that Ofili created in collaboration with the architect David Adjaye.
The Upper Room by Chris Ofili, 1999-2002
Courtesy Chris Ofili - Afroco and Victoria Miro Gallery. Photography: installation view, David Lambert.
Details
- Category:
- Religious
- Medium:
- Canvas with mixed media; walnut veneered plywood; elephant dung supports Dimensions: 1-12) 183.6 x 122.3cm; 13) 244.2 x 183cm
- Art Fund grant:
- £75,000 ( Total: £600,000)
- Acquired in:
- 2005
- Vendor:
- Victoria Miro Gallery
Twelve smaller canvases line the two sides with a larger canvas on the end wall. Each canvas depicts a profile of a rhesus macaque monkey in a different colour and named in Spanish on two elephant dung supports. The canvas at the head of the room shows a larger monkey in gold facing forward bringing to mind a beatific Buddha as well as a Christ figure or an alpha male simian. Each canvas is brightly lit as though it were stained glass.
Provenance
Victoria Miro Gallery.
Venue details
The Tate Collection is on display at Tate Britain, Tate Modern, Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives.