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Lot 59:
This painting “Billie Holiday Strange Fruit” was influenced by the life of Billie Holiday and the song that propelled her to fame – “Strange Fruit” originated from a poem about lynching by Abel Meeropol which is an influential anthem of the civil rights movement.
In the bad old days of American history, Billie Holiday rose to fame as an award-winning jazz singer. Her life was pricked with many thorns – the thorns of her turbulent childhood, the thorns of racial injustice against African Americans and her personal thorns of drug abuse that pricked her to death and brought an end to her rosy and successful music career prematurely
O Yemi Tubi was a winner of the Award of Distinction in the Southern Tier Artists 2024 Noteworthy: Music in Art Exhibition. He won the Fletcher H Dyer Award at the 11th Anniversary FL3TCH3R 2023 Exhibition. He was awarded 2nd place in the 2023 Brouhahaart ‘Climate Change’ “Right Here, Right Now” exhibition.” O. Yemi won the First-Place award with his painting "The Chickens’ Fight" in the WAR or PEACE 2022 International Competition by Art Impact International. Dagenham, East London
Measurement: 46 x 61 CM
Good as in the images. Will be shipped directly from the artist studio.
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