A private exhibition showcasing select x-rays of Nya’s work, “Heir of Inheritance” was held on Friday, December 8, at the artist studio in New York.

 

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The exhibition was coupled with the launch and recital of select chapters from the manuscript of his book, “The perfect sample of a true leader,” in which thirteen of the x-rays are featured.

 

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The intricately detailed graphite drawings on display, defined as x-rays by the artist, ingresses the viewer deep into the heart of “Heir of Inheritance” and examine what the artist was subconsciously discerning in the sanctuary of his opulent imagination as he was conceiving and making the highly anticipated work which is scheduled for unveiling in 2025.

 

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In the main drawing in the exhibition, “heir of inheritance. x-ray 98” (7 x 9.5 inch., 17.78 cm x 24.13 cm), Nya’ covered an immaculate pencil and charcoal rendered “alien-like” figure with keen Scriptures and coded Biblical references to highlight a key characteristic of the Spirit of faith. 

 

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Defined in one of his “Eternal Capsules” as “the driver of vision and defender of hope,” the artist describes the Spirit of faith is an ever-speaking, ever-confessing and ever-professing force which speaks the naturally unspeakable, confesses the carnally unutterable and professes the intellectually incomprehensible in order to restore, rebuild and reform the desolate, deformed and devastated.  

 

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This is primarily depicted by the Word transforming from charcoal, to silver and  eventually into gold as it continues to surge within the figure’s bosom. Rendered in oodles of thick layers to cover both the figure’s internal organs and external environment, the Word’s efficacious nature, unrepentant character and dominating potency is unquestionable and indubitable.

 

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In essence, the Word implanted in the figure is an incontrovertible testament to how when the eternal Word of the Creator becomes the rudder of a Man’s thoughts and tongue and the GPS of his or her footsteps, the mortal body is wholly restored, his strength is revived, his capacity is enlarged and everything he touches is imparted with the divine nature of his Creator and Manufacturer.

 

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Aside from the Word, the splendid motifs, august medals and invaluable gems adorning the figure’s garment as well as its impressive arms and the sling of David on its right side (which is also comprised of the Word) represent how the fruits of vision, children of wisdom and proof of character, namely dominion, authority, power, wealth, strength, glory, valor, honor and prudence naturally accompany a person possessed by the spirit of faith.

 

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At the heart of perhaps the most pulsating work in the exhibition, “heir of inheritance. x-ray 107,” (6.5 x 8.5 inch., 16.51 cm x 21.59 cm), is a depiction of one of the most preeminent themes in Nya’s oeuvre, the theme of leadership.