Insatisfaction

Edom Atolo
Democratic Republic of the Congo

€1.560,00

Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Size: 130 W x 110 H cm / 51.18 W x 43.3 H in

Ships in a tube 

About The Artwork

This painting stages the inner tension of the human being confronted with their own limits. The masked man becomes a universal figure—the artist, the intellectual, the seeker—who, despite tireless effort, faces incompletion and self-doubt. Scattered notebooks and crumpled pages symbolize both the abundance of ideas and the impossibility of reaching the perfection longed for.
Insatisfaction conveys that universal moment when creative or intellectual striving collides with uncertainty and the unfinished—yet within it remains an unrelenting inner quest. The painting stands as a mirror of our human condition: restless, unsatisfied, yet always in motion, always in search.

Originally created: 2024
Subject: Identity, Mask, Isolation
Material: Canvas
Medium: Acrylic
Styles: Realism, Figurative, Surrealism, Minimalism, Conceptual

Details & Dimensions

Painting: Acrylic on Canvas
Original: One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size: 130 W x 110 H cm
Frame: Not Framed
Ready to Hang: Not applicable
Packaging: Ships in a tube

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Handling: Ships in a tube. Artists are responsible for packaging and adhering to Afrikanizm Art’s packaging guidelines.

Ships From: Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Edom Atolo

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Edom Atolo

Edom Atolo is a multidisciplinary Congolese artist, painter, and graphic designer from Kinshasa, where he studied Fine Arts at the Académie des Beaux-Arts. His practice, rooted in acrylic on canvas, explores the fragile yet resilient terrain of identity, weaving personal and collective memory into poetic visual dialogues. Through layered forms and symbols, his work reflects the tension between permanence and impermanence, inviting viewers into a reflective journey where the past, present, and imagined futures converge.

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