Tot hot

© Chris Ofili


between midnight and (t)here the
Hottentot-men totted hot, ought
to tot hot, but

their women ex- and -changed, so

the Hottentot-men created
black and white rain, to tot
hot in the drip

[the women kept an eye on the white, especially]

Soulier XII (elephant dung)

© INSA, getipt door Sodade


" (..) Only later / at the shoe-wearing edge of our world / we did meet kids who thought everything / ridiculous. They found us incredible (..)" (Les Murray)


(This shoes, balancerend op olifantenpoep, zijn gecreëerd - op vraag van Tate Gallery London - als eerbetoon aan Chris Ofili, die zijn schilderijen verrijkt met balls of elephant dung. A major survey of Ofili's career in Tate Britain till 16.05.10)