{"id":6235,"date":"2013-02-07T08:00:37","date_gmt":"2013-02-07T08:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/?p=6235"},"modified":"2013-02-07T08:01:27","modified_gmt":"2013-02-07T08:01:27","slug":"trendy-pop-the-dissection-of-an-artist-kevin-okafor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/07\/trendy-pop-the-dissection-of-an-artist-kevin-okafor\/","title":{"rendered":"Trendy Pop: The Dissection of An Artist: Kevin Okafor"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start --><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>London-based Nigerian artist <strong>Kevin Okafor<\/strong> has plunged the art world into a tailspin with his innate renderings of photos depicting some of the most recognizable faces in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Artist Kevin Okafor<a href=\"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/?attachment_id=6239\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6239\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6239\" alt=\"kevin-okafor-pic\" src=\"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/kevin-okafor-pic.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/kevin-okafor-pic.jpg 450w, http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/kevin-okafor-pic-300x308.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Amy Winehouse<a href=\"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/?attachment_id=6236\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6236\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6236\" alt=\"Kelvin Okafor's portrait of Amy Winehouse\" src=\"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Kelvin-Okafors-portrait-o-009.jpg\" width=\"460\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Kelvin-Okafors-portrait-o-009.jpg 460w, http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Kelvin-Okafors-portrait-o-009-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>His articulate and painfully detailed drawings fool the naked eye into thinking they are photographs when in fact they are artistically interpreted illustrations that with a little help from his pencil, charcoal and paper, look remarkably photogenic.<\/p>\n<p>This particular art form is gaining steam in the academic world, where students are encouraged to embrace the concept of interactive endeavors to help boost their inspirational levels in a way that compliments the formulated methods already in place.<\/p>\n<p>Okafor who is 27 and resides in Tottenham, North London seems to have already mastered a technique that most of his peers may never be able to effortlessly correlate and that is most likely responsible for his new found fame.<\/p>\n<p>He is currently pre-occupied with using celebrities as his subjects and that definitely adds to the jarring quality of his work by elevating the expectations and sense of curiosity.<\/p>\n<p>He is consistently meeting the challenges that come with such exquisitely demanding assignments and we can\u2019t wait to see where his immeasurable talent takes him.<\/p>\n<p>Tinie Tempah<a href=\"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/?attachment_id=6237\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6237\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6237\" alt=\"Kelvin Okafor's portrait of Tinie Tempah.\" src=\"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Kelvin-Okafors-portrait-o-011.jpg\" width=\"460\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Kelvin-Okafors-portrait-o-011.jpg 460w, http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Kelvin-Okafors-portrait-o-011-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Princess Diana<a href=\"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/?attachment_id=6238\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6238\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6238\" alt=\"Kelvin Okafor's portrait of Princess Diana.\" src=\"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Kelvin-Okafors-portrait-o-001.jpg\" width=\"210\" height=\"305\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 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