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Segun Caezar
“SALVATORE NIGRUM”
30” x 48”
Oil on Panel
“SALVATORE NIGRUM” reimagines Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi through an African diasporic lens. Here, the sacred figure is adorned with dreadlocks, royal blue agbada, and a serene gaze. One hand blesses, while the other cradles a golden koi.
The fish, here, replaces the orb—representing both global burden and spiritual inheritance. The painting critiques the colonial roots of Christianity while reclaiming its iconography through an African diasporic lens. It asserts that liberation must include spiritual sovereignty, and that salvation, for the colonized, may look radically different from what was once preached.
Framed by Songs of Sovereignty, “SALVATORE NIGRUM” asserts that faith is not imposed but claimed on one’s own terms - chosen, embodied, and ultimately, and liberated.
Segun Caezar
“SALVATORE NIGRUM”
30” x 48”
Oil on Panel
“SALVATORE NIGRUM” reimagines Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi through an African diasporic lens. Here, the sacred figure is adorned with dreadlocks, royal blue agbada, and a serene gaze. One hand blesses, while the other cradles a golden koi.
The fish, here, replaces the orb—representing both global burden and spiritual inheritance. The painting critiques the colonial roots of Christianity while reclaiming its iconography through an African diasporic lens. It asserts that liberation must include spiritual sovereignty, and that salvation, for the colonized, may look radically different from what was once preached.
Framed by Songs of Sovereignty, “SALVATORE NIGRUM” asserts that faith is not imposed but claimed on one’s own terms - chosen, embodied, and ultimately, and liberated.