{"product_id":"profile-in-crimson","title":"Profile in Crimson","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis artwork will soon be available at Alessandro Berni Gallery.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExplore and acquire this piece directly from The Mabazza Foundation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Uchenna Obinabo-Mabazza on Artsy\" href=\"https:\/\/www.artsy.net\/artist\/uchenna-obinabo-mabazza\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"display: inline-block; padding: 12px 18px; background: rgb(17, 17, 17); border-radius: 6px;\"\u003eView at Alessandro Berni Gallery\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch1 data-end=\"427\" data-start=\"398\"\u003eProfile In Crimson \u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-end=\"451\" data-start=\"429\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"451\" data-start=\"432\"\u003eArtwork Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"749\" data-start=\"452\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"463\" data-start=\"452\"\u003eMedium:\u003c\/strong\u003e Oil on Canvas\u003cbr data-end=\"480\" data-start=\"477\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"492\" data-start=\"480\"\u003eSupport:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mounted on supported wooden frame.\u003cbr data-end=\"552\" data-start=\"549\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"567\" data-start=\"552\"\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 30 × 22 inches\u003cbr data-end=\"585\" data-start=\"582\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"595\" data-start=\"585\"\u003ePrice:\u003c\/strong\u003e $2,500\u003cbr data-end=\"605\" data-start=\"602\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"617\" data-start=\"605\"\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e One of a kind\u003cbr data-end=\"634\" data-start=\"631\"\u003e*One of a kind, limited prints may be available.*\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"871\" data-start=\"751\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"766\" data-start=\"751\"\u003eCategories:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-end=\"769\" data-start=\"766\"\u003eOil • Everyday Life • Conceptual • Pop Culture • Fine Art • Abstract • Expressionism • Impressionism\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-end=\"903\" data-start=\"878\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-end=\"903\" data-start=\"881\"\u003eAbout This Artwork\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"903\" data-start=\"881\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eArtwork Description\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eProfile in Crimson\u003c\/em\u003e is a richly textured portrait in which the human figure seems to emerge from darkness, memory, and flame. The subject appears in profile, built through dense layers of black, umber, ivory, rust, and deep crimson. Heavy impasto and expressive palette-knife marks break the surface into fragments, allowing the face and body to appear, disappear, and re-form as the viewer moves across the painting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCrimson accents pulse through the composition like embers, while touches of pale blue and white illuminate the head and shoulders. The figure feels both monumental and vulnerable, suspended between recognition and abstraction. Rather than presenting a conventional likeness, the painting explores presence itself: what remains visible, what is concealed, and what the surface of a person may carry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eArtist Statement\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eProfile in Crimson\u003c\/em\u003e, I wanted the figure to feel uncovered rather than simply painted.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe portrait developed through accumulation, scraping, interruption, and rebuilding. Each layer became part of the subject’s history. Dark passages hold the figure in shadow, while crimson, ivory, and mineral blue rise through the surface like flashes of memory. The face is never completely resolved because identity is rarely fixed or fully visible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe painting reflects the tension between strength and exposure. Its physical texture suggests a body shaped by experience, carrying evidence of struggle without being defined by it. Crimson becomes more than a color here. It is heat, persistence, injury, vitality, and return.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis work asks the viewer to look beyond likeness and encounter the figure as a living terrain, marked, resilient, and still becoming.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mabazza Foundation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52795160953108,"sku":null,"price":2500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0887\/1382\/2484\/files\/profileincrimson.jpg?v=1783809113","url":"https:\/\/mabazzafoundation.com\/products\/profile-in-crimson","provider":"Mabazza Foundation","version":"1.0","type":"link"}