Chris Ofili's Bright Dung Things
A decade after offending Rudy Giuliani with his painting of the Virgin Mary made with elephant dung, Chris Ofili has a triumphant retrospective at Tate Britain. VIEW OUR GALLERY
Tate / © Chris Ofili
Oil, polyester resin, glitter, map pins and elephant dung on linen
243.8 x 182.8 cm
Courtesy Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin
Photo: Jochen Littkemann
Tate / © Chris Ofili
Acrylic, oil, polyester resin, paper collage, glitter, map pins and elephant dung on linen
243.8 x 182.8 cm
Courtesy Victoria Miro Gallery, London
Tate / © Chris Ofili
Oil, polyester resin, pigment and elephant dung on canvas
182.8 x 121.9 cm
Courtesy Victoria Miro Gallery, London
Tate / © Chris Ofili
Acrylic, oil, polyester resin, pencil, paper collage, glitter, map pins and elephant dung on linen
243.8 x 182.8 cm
Tate / © Chris Ofili
Oil, acrylic, polyester resin, paper collage, glitter, map pins and elephant dung on linen
243.8 x 182.8 cm
Courtesy Victoria Miro Gallery, London
Tate / © Chris Ofili
Pencil on paper
56 x 76 cm
Tate / © Chris Ofili
Pencil on paper
76.2 x 57.2 cm
Courtesy David Zwirner, New York
Tate / © Chris Ofili
Oil, acrylic, polyester resin, glitter, map pins and elephant dung on linen
213.3 x 152.4 cm
Courtesy Victoria Miro Gallery, London
Photo: Stephen White
Tate / © Chris Ofili
Acrylic, oil, leaves, glitter, polyester resin, map pins and elephant dung on linen
182.8 x 304.8 cm
Courtesy Victoria Miro Gallery, London
Photo: Stephen White
Tate / © Chris Ofili
Oil and charcoal on linen
278.7 x 200.4 cm
Courtesy David Zwirner, New York
Tate / © Chris Ofili
Oil on linen
310.5 x 200.6 cm
Courtesy David Zwirner, New York
Tate / © Chris Ofili
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