Afro Futurism Visions

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Afrofuturism includes the musical power of P-Funk & George Clinton in its foundations. Prof. Onli was one of those illustrators who worked on a hit album cover for Clinton/P-Funk back in the day. 

 Onli has contributed much more to the visual arts world.  

Then, now, & later!

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Onli was drawing blueprints for starships in the late 1970s for various magazines that were covering sci-fi and fantasy. They knew his Future-Primitif treatments were the right choice.

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NOTE: Be sure to look for the link to older and important posts on this blog. There is so much to experience in the visual art practice of the most important Rhythmistic, Future-Primitif Visual artist, Prof. Turtel Onli, M.A.A.T.  The following images are introductory selections from entire dedicated thematic bodies of work he has produced, exhibited and offers for the right institution or collector.  

Onli designed this dymaxion vehicle for the early 1980s film project, "Fantasy Lifestyle World". 

It took Hollywood how long to catch up to that Future-Primitive vision?

Afrofuturism's trending has provided a kindred path to Rhythmism.  Being Future-Primitif, Rhythmism has long been expressed and explored by Onli as the over-arching thesis in his creative practice for decades. 

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"The Art Star Denim Installation", 

presented at the DuSable Museum of Black History, Chicago.

"Fear No Maskings"  2020 From the "No Evils" Collection. 

Presented at the University of Illinois, African AMerican Cultural Center, Chicago and 

the ETA Foundation for the Creative Arts, Chicago.

"Only wear, ONLIWEAR" one of a kind / limited edition wearable art. 

Presented in the 1980s at the international Limelight Club, Hyde Part Art Center, 2020, Chicago.

"Kokopeliart" From the "Rhythmistic Quilts" Collection.

"I Dream of Jimi" From the "Rhythmistic Jimi" project.

Presented at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Musuem Store, 

CAN-TV, Chicago, Ars International, Austria

"NOG: The Nubian of Greatness" Collection is coming from the Rhythmic Zone.

The "Its A Rhythmistic World" globe in the traveling Cool Globes public Art collection.

Presented in San Francisco, Chicago, San Diego, Copenhagen, and other cites on its work tour.

"Shorties" From the "Passion Fruit" Collection.

Presented at ETA Creative Arts Foundation, 

The African American Cultural Center, University of Illinois, Chicago.

Onli wants art enthusiasts to think of each collection as a distinct Future-Primitif "production". Visual Art as performance.  Paintings and Drawings as staged characters. Each work a variation on a specific theme. Visual art that is hand-crafted to show the dynamic potential of the human touch and the visual vocabulary.  

They are conceptualized and edited with distinguishable artistic parameters that often go beyond trends, and tastes.  In the tradition of experimental narrative art where the viewer has options for discovery and re-contextualization that transcend like or dislike.  

Each of these Rhythmistic visual art productions is rich in stimulating content.  

Where a work of visual art is still worth a thousand words.