Nigeria born talented artist Victor Ehikhamenor published a newly carved artwork at St. Paul’s Cathedral, London to celebrate the 125th anniversary of British Forces’ notorious attack on the Kingdom of Benin and the subsequent unceremonious looting of the Benin bronzes.
The artwork which was still at the St Paul’s building was part of Victor Ehikhamenor variety of multimedia ‘rosary works’ made from fabric, rosaries and coral beads to replicate the confluence of local and western influences that resulted to the present day known as Edo society formerly known as Benin Kingdom.
The framing around the artwork was claimed to have much more than the cathedral or even the artist himself can imagine as written by Ifeoluwa nihinlola for African arguments.
Victor Ehikhamenor is popularly known for his skill in combining painting, sculpture, photography, and other materials to work that shows symbolism from both traditional Edo religion and a catholicism, reflecting on the confluence of western cultures and Africa at large
