Black Soap
A man with a beard and sunglasses sitting on a wooden bench in an art gallery, wearing a black beret, denim jacket, black t-shirt, and beige pants, with colorful artworks on the walls behind him.
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Horny Bird I
The Halal Guys

Emanuel Tegene is a neo-expressionist painter whose vibrant, symbolic works explore identity, power, and the fluidity of memory through dynamic abstraction.

Artistic Journey & Vision

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  • A painted picture of two human profiles facing each other. The profile on the left is white and labeled 'Abel,' and the profile on the right is yellow and labeled 'Cain.' There is handwritten text below the profiles that reads, 'and Cain said unto the Lord, my punishment is greater than I can bear.'

    Abel and Cain

    12×12 cm

    Oil, pastel, canvas

  • A black and white painting showing a face with exaggerated features, with the left side labeled "Before Make-up" depicting a scary face with dark eyes, sharp teeth, and a rectangular outline, and the right side labeled "After Make-up" showing a more cheerful face with big eyes, red lips, and a rounded outline.

    Before and After Make-up

    110×112 cm

    Oil, pastel, canvas

  • A grid of 16 colorful playing cards with various abstract patterns on a black background.

    Blades

    115×115

    Oil, oil pastel, canvas

  • Graffiti art of a person with a mohawk, with an arrow pointing to a black square, and the words "Black Passport" written below.

    Black Passport

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  • A dark wall with silhouettes of people in picture frames, some with colorful backgrounds and yellow borders, arranged in a collage style.

    Black Passport 2

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  • Abstract painting with silhouettes of people in framed windows on a dark blue upper section and a solid yellow lower section.

    Black Passport 3

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