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SAMSON BAKARE STUDIO
EXHALE – SAATCHI GALLERY
In Exhale, Kat Kristof explores the boundaries of inner and outer space through richly layered, psychologically charged works. Trained in architecture and painting, Kristof constructs immersive compositions that navigate identity, memory, and perception.
Her figures—neither strictly figurative nor fully abstract—exist in architectonic dreamscapes that oscillate between fullness and emptiness, surface and depth.
For more > visit Saatchi Gallery, EXHALE
AFRO-CLASSICISM: BAKARE GALLERY COLLECTION
In Afro-Classicism, Samson Bakare examines African identity through layered, symbol-rich compositions that merge history, imagination, and cultural memory, forming a collection of galleries including the famous “Let This Be a Sign“. Trained in painting and deeply influenced by classical form,
Bakare constructs visual narratives that re-center Black presence within timeless, dignified spaces.
His figures—poised between realism and stylization, inhabit luminous environments where past and future converge, evoking both ancestral echoes and contemporary reflection.
For more › explore selected works
ARCHITECTURE OF IDENTITY
““As histories have often been written without us, reclaiming image and presence becomes an act of resistance and renewal. In this space, identity is not fixed—it is remembered, reassembled, and reimagined.”
Bakare attends to this reclamation through bold figurative language and saturated palettes. Expressive eyes, patterned forms, and deliberate textures reference African iconography while
allowing each subject to exist beyond time, gaze, or imposed narrative.
Although each work carries traces of history, Bakare expands and softens their symbolism.
“There is freedom in revisiting the past,” he reflects, “not to relive it, but to transform it.”
— Contemporary Art Discourse
ART IS ESSENCE, ART IS LIFE
HUMANS ARE ARTWORKS,
THEY ARE MOVING SCULPTURAL PIECES
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