17236 (1) Large
Opa Eye Orun
Mestre Didi
Painted leather, shells, beads on palm veins and coastal straw

size:

57,5 x 10 x 10 cm

About the work

About the artist

Mestre Didi (Salvador, 1917–2013) was a sculptor, writer, researcher of the Yoruba language, and high priest of the Egungun ancestor cult. Son of Mãe Senhora, ialorixá of Ilê Axé Opô Afonjá, he devoted himself to Afro-Brazilian religions from an early age, traveling to West Africa, where he received the title of Alapini, and later founding Ilê Asipá. His sculptural work, exhibited since the 1960s, recreates liturgical objects from Candomblé using organic materials such as straw, wood, cowrie shells, and seashells, imbued with strong religious symbolism. The works evoke elements of Yoruba visual culture, birds, snakes, spears, and flames, in dialogue with ancestry.

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