"NOG Emerges" 2021 Copyright 2021 Turtel Onli

"NOG Emerges" 2021 Copyright 2021 Turtel Onli
Inspired by "NOG" being the Future-Primitif face of the blockbuster group exhibition at the change making, trend setting Museum of Contemporary Art, Summer / Fall 2021 called "Chicago Comics: 1960 Until Now", curated by Dan Nadel. . NOG was mural sized on the MCA's outer wall near the door to its Museum Store which featured NOG merchandise in the form of a Tote Bag, post cards, a ever-cool NOG Sketch Book, plus autographed copies of "Tales From The Rhyhthmic Zone", the Graphic Novel that includes expanded versions of the original NOG stories. So Rhythmistic! All artwork on this blog by Prof. Onli is Copyright 2023 Turtel Onli , and other dates. All Rights Protected & not to be remixed, rebooted or used commercially without a signed agreement with Prof. Onli.

Monday, July 4, 2022


Prof. Onli is deep in the process of creating a new body of Rhythmistic werx derived from the images in his 1981 innovative Graphic Novel, "NOG: The Protector of the Pyramides". 

Not only was NOG the first Future-Primitif character published and created by a Black owned operation, NOG predated the advent of the term "Afrofuture" by decades.  

The trending of "Afrofuturism" has given a lot of folks a path to finally appreciate what Onli has been doing since the early 1970s in Art Therapy, Art Education, Creative Community Building, Illustration, Fine Art, Murals and Graphic Novels. 


During peak COVID lockdown Onli was honored with a commission from the ROCTOBER 'ZINE
to illustrate the late, great, Sun Ra, one of the founding architects of Afrofuturism.



His Future-Primitif narrative and flowing have been a baffling challenge for clients, curators, critics imitators, haters, and instructors.  However, Onli stayed the course over the decades. 



He is currently under contract to properly archive his intellectual assets, critical writing and scholarly papers.  Including published works, reviews of his efforts and a wide range of important memorabilia.  This will ensure that insightfully astute students and researchers will have direct access to this trove of experimentation and applications of his Rhythmistic Future-Primitif theories. 

Art enthusiasts and curators will note that Onli is using high quality archival oil paints on cured wood along with some serious acrylic paint applications.  His Rhythmistic flow of ideas and esthetic laces intricately with the narrative of the Nubian of Greatness that is NOG The Protector of the Pyramides!
 

Onli is an advocate of the melding of creativity, culture & commerce.

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