Dotun
Popoola
The Alchemy of Discarded Wonders In the vibrant landscape of contemporary sculpture, few artists command the ability to transmute the mundane into the magnificent quite like Dotun Popoola. Born in Lagos, Nigeria, in 1981, Popoola has carved a unique niche for himself through what he …
A portrait built from Dotun Popoola's own colours
Every 1 approved work contributes its dominant tone to a single flowing field. Sorted along the hue wheel, the strip reads as a smooth spectrum. Click any band to reveal its full four-colour palette.
Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.
Every painting, placed on the hue wheel
Each dot is a work — its angle set by hue, its distance from the centre by saturation. Hover a dot to see the painting.
The signature, in numbers
Where the colour came from
Up to 24 paintings representing the most frequent palette tones — each shown with its dominant colours.
