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Frida Orupabo
Untitled (Sources unknown except Shadman Shahid [bottom left])2019

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Set of four framed halftone prints arranged in a grid, each showing an extreme close-up of a human mouth and nose in different color palettes and poses
Print with visible dot-matrix screen pattern, extreme close-up of a face cropped to the nose and mouth, rendered in muted grays and pale tones with soft, blurred edges.
Color photograph, extreme close-up of an open mouth, cropped to lips and teeth, with soft focus and warm pinkish-red tones against a pale background.
Close-up photograph of a mouth with tongue extended, rendered in muted pink and brown tones against a dark background, with soft focus and visible surface grain.
Ink wash painting with soft, diffused pools of dark gray and black against a pale ground, layered in loose horizontal formations with blurred, cloud-like edges.
Artist or Maker
Frida Orupabo
Norway, Sarpsborg, born 1986, active Oslo
Title
Untitled (Sources unknown except Shadman Shahid [bottom left])
Date Made
2019
Medium
Inkjet prints
Dimensions
Primary support (each): 40 × 28 in. (101.6 × 71.12 cm) Frame (each): 40 × 28 3/8 in. (101.6 × 72.07 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Burton Aaron
Accession Number
M.2020.265.1.1-.4
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Selected Bibliography
  • Lawson, Dhyandra. Imagining Black Diasporas: 21st Century Art & Poetics. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2024.

Related Unframed

Artists Represent Themselves: Frida Orupabo on “Untitled (sources unknown except Shadman Shahid [bottom left])”
Artists Represent Themselves: Frida Orupabo on “Untitled (sources unknown except Shadman Shahid [bottom left])”
  • July 8, 2025
  • Dhyandra Lawson, Frida Orupabo