{"product_id":"beyond","title":"\"Beyond\"","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe is not looking at you.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe is not looking inward.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe is looking at something none of us can see.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd yet somehow, standing in front of this piece — you believe in it completely.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI have drawn this gorilla three times now. Each time he has shown me a different face. The first time he looked directly at me, absolute and present. The second time he was lost in thought, carrying something quietly that words could not hold. This time he looked up. Away from everything around him. Past the frame, past the room, past whatever you brought with you when you walked in.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI stood with this pose for a long time before I drew it. There is something in the stillness of that chest and the direction of those eyes that stopped me completely. He was not searching. He had already found something. He was simply looking toward it with the certainty of a creature that has never once doubted its own direction.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI grew up across four countries: Nigeria, China, Ethiopia, and the United Kingdom. I spent most of my childhood arriving somewhere new and trying to figure out where I was supposed to be looking. What I was supposed to be moving toward. I watched other people for clues the way you watch a map when you are not sure you are reading it correctly.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis gorilla never had that problem.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe knows exactly what is beyond. And he is not in any hurry to get there, because he already knows he will.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI titled this piece \"Beyond\" because that is the only word that fits. Not what he sees. Not where he is going. Just beyond. The place past certainty where only vision lives.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis piece is for walls that want to remind you every morning that there is something worth looking toward. Something past the immediate. Something worth the patience it takes to reach it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— Bidemio\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAll prints are on premium Hahnemühle 100% cotton rag archival paper, and are printed with archival pigmented inks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote:\u003c\/strong\u003e Both the 8x10\" and 11x14\" prints includes an additional 1\" white border, making it a total size of 10x12\" and 13x16\". The 16x20\" and 18x24\" prints includes an additional 2\" white border (20x24\" and 22x28\" total). These borders give the collector the option of expanding their framing if they choose so. Each piece is hand signed by the artist on the additional border.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bidemio Studio","offers":[{"title":"8x10","offer_id":48208997023914,"sku":"GorillaA3-8X10","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"11x14","offer_id":48208997056682,"sku":"GorillaA3-11X14","price":175.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"16x20","offer_id":48208997089450,"sku":"GorillaA3-16X20","price":295.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"18x24","offer_id":48208997122218,"sku":"GorillaA3-18X24","price":395.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0266\/4536\/4906\/files\/GorillaA3_cover_new.jpg?v=1776125726","url":"https:\/\/bidemiostudio.com\/products\/beyond","provider":"Bidemio Studio","version":"1.0","type":"link"}