"Breaking Bread"

Copyright 2008 Turtel Onli, is available as an acquired gift to the right place of worship or to the right collector. It depicts Jesus sharing bread at Emmaus. It is a nontraditional acrylic Rhythmistic 1994 masterwork interpretation of a classic Christian themed painting by Rembrandt that is about 36" X 42" acrylic on canvas.
Religion and Art have had an amazing relationship throughout both of their histories.

Maybe you or yours could buy it for the church of your choice.???

Onli's Grandfather, the Rev. Samuel David Phillips, was a Pentecostal Pastor who pioneered creating a unique collection of charts to help his congregation in Chicago during the Great Migration of the early 20th Century to understand the many concepts in the Bible and of the Pentecost. His works can be viewed at http://www.pentecostalcharts.blogspot.com/ .

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I can be reached at onli@sbcglobal.net.

Feel free to review the archives in this blog to see useful information about Rhythmism and my efforts to make fine and applied art available to the collector. Experience art on its own terms.

I feel that ownership is the highest form of appreciation.

Along with the insightful and useful archives on this blog take a few moments with the curriculum website at www.cuip.net/~tonli/wit2002 and use the links there to take an intelligent tour dealing with the role of the visual arts in our society. It addresses museum related issues, philosophical concerns, and focuses on some areas of common every day visual art.

Thank you for your time and appreciation of all things Rhythmistic.

Onli won a fashion show contest with a provocative Watermelon themed wearable art outfit at the Park West Club of Chicago in 1990. The First Place prize was a Club Med vacation for two. Here he is pictured along with Toni B. modeling one of those creations, in front of the fabric work created by Jim Smoote which inspired BAG to adopt the red, black,& Green watermelon as its logo.
BAG was an artists guild which Onli started in 1970 and directed until 1976. In 1991 BAG gave a retrospective exhibition which focused on the group's iconic symbol, the watermelon. This is an invitation to that landmark exhibition. BAG presented its first watermelon themed show in 1973 at the AFAM Gallery in Chicago. and again as the featured exhibition for the Black Esthetics Show in 1976 at the Museum of Science and Industry of Chicago. The members of BAG have explored, innovated, and promoted so many aspects of creative visual Black thought and creativity over the decades.

Collectors, educators, and curators may want to take a closer look into the work and legacy of the BAG artists.

The idea of Onli revisiting a sensitive theme before the art world is ready for it for further exploration and interpretation is not new.
Just like his tendency to think in terms of collections and movements.
This is explored on his curriculum website at www.cuip.net/~tonli/wit2002.

Copyright 2008 Turtel Onli


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Copyright 2008

"Wading Da Water" is a serene Rhythmistic acrylic on canvas masterwork that embraces a spiritual message about communing with nature. It combines grace with strength. The powerfully depicted central figure shares her space with two other women in joy for life and a celebration of cleansing. Onli's work is as universal as it is innovative in how he combines concepts with technique to express ideas in a Rhythmistic context.

These two delicate drawings show Onli's sensitivity when using line and texture to capture and express an emotion. Both images were later completed in watercolor and are part of a growing popular collection of neo-classical Rhythmistic works.


Each work in this collection carries a story that embraces
the human character and spiritual persona.

Visit www.cuip.net/~tonli/wit2002 to learn more about appreciating visual art and the work of this nouveau master.

Collecting Rhythmistic Art

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