Chris Ofili


The Holy Virgin Mary, 1996
paper collage, oil paint, glitter, polyester resin, map pins, elephant dung on linen
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Afrodizzia, 1996
paper collage, oil paint, glitter, polyester resin, map pins, elephant dung on linen
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"This year, for the first time since Hirst, there's a real sense that one artist is, in some hard to express yet profound way, superior to all the rest. Chris Ofili is more than the favourite."
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THE GOOD THE BAD & THE BEAUTIFUL

by Jonathan Jones

Chris Ofili is one of the four finalist of the Turner Prize 1998.
He was born in Manchester (1968) and studied at the Royal College of Art.
All images courtesy Saatchi Collection.