The Last Supper
- Artist: Bruce Onobrakpeya
- Date: 1981
- Medium: Resin, wood, metal and paint
- Dimensions: displayed: 1200 x 2515 x 25 mm
- Museum: Tate Modern
- Collection record: Tate Modern website
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About this artwork
This is "The Last Supper" by Bruce Onobrakpeya, created in 1981. It's a wall‑mounted triptych framed in wood, composed of three bas‑relief plaster panels. The outer panels and the margins of the centrepiece show the fourteen Stations of the Cross, leading from Pilate’s condemnation to Christ’s entombment. The central panel, larger than the others, depicts the final meal with disciples. Onobrakpeya twists Leonardo’s one‑point perspective, pointing the table outward so all eyes focus on Christ at the head, leaving the viewer’s side empty. The piece mixes resin, wood, metal and paint, reflecting the artist’s nomadic approach to form. It joined the collection in 2019 and now highlights the Nigerian Modernism exhibition at the Tate Modern.
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The Last Supper is in the collection of Tate Modern on Bankside, London — free to enter. Point your phone at any artwork there and audioguide.london plays a free audio guide in six languages — no app download needed.
