![Zohra Opoku, 'I am the terror in the storm who guards the great one [in] the conflict. Sharp Knife strikes for me. Ash god provides coolness for me.'[Extract from Chapter 95: Spell of of being at the side of Thoth/ An Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead/ The Papyrus of Sobekmose], 2023. Courtesy of the artist and Mariane Ibrahim.](https://artlogic-res.cloudinary.com/w_800,h_800,c_limit,f_auto,fl_lossy,q_auto/ws-marianeibrahimgallery/usr/images/press/main_image/items/1e/1e9de3f535b44ad685d6804f28ab4d78/zo-el-029-image.jpg)
Zohra Opoku, 'I am the terror in the storm who guards the great one [in] the conflict. Sharp Knife strikes for me. Ash god provides coolness for me.'[Extract from Chapter 95: Spell of of being at the side of Thoth/ An Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead/ The Papyrus of Sobekmose], 2023. Courtesy of the artist and Mariane Ibrahim.
The canvas of life’s seasons
Zohra Opoku is featured in this weeks Financial Times Weekend issue, highlighted in Enuma Okoro’s amazing column! In this piece, Okoro delves into the artist’s thought-provoking work, exploring themes of mortality, identity, and impact of her personal experiences.
“Opoku’s work invites us to consider what it is to be both living and dying at once, a phenomenon heightened by a diagnosis and yet true for all of us every day. When I asked Opoku what had surprised her about her experience of illness, she said it taught her to live with more self- respect, to be more intentional about her art-making and her relationships.”
Excerpted words written by Enuma Okoro for Financial Times.
