A Life Less Ordinary: Skepta

Following the success of Sotheby’s record-breaking Contemporary Curated sales, we are proud to present the second annual edition of Contemporary Curated in London this September. Guest curated by British-Nigerian rapper, producer and DJ, Skepta, the sale includes works from the most established to the emerging generation of artists, including a selection Skepta has handpicked for his edit and debuting his own painting for the first time.
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[@amethystamaris]

As a Skepta fan and an artist visually & musically myself, this just gave me brand new goals !!!!! His curation is out of this world

[@kamsyokezie2468]

Me too! Skepta is truly a great

[@martufello6352]

Shut up amaris

[@datbang5072]

Nah he’s a weirdo proper creep

[@malaysiareed3214]

Whys that

[@keeganbrown3999]

I swear everything he does is just done with this original Skepta style and flavour. This is why everyone looks up to him man!

[@datbang5072]

I look down on him he’s turned very very strange

[@Roman-uy7qp]

@@datbang5072 Nah mums hes just leveled up so much he's just a different don now

[@tjallevanderwal8031]

@@datbang5072 explain why you think so

[@Kim-427]

@@Roman-uy7qp Absolutely,An he’s a 40 yr old man. These people are too young that’s why they don’t understand.

[@Phntm213]

never ever would I have thought this bro is painting

[@servidig483]

Organising an expo beyond the painting is so important, it evolves the initial art idea into a whole deeper experience for the viewer

[@FlintSL]

Actually surprised by how good the painting is, he should definitely keep it up as a hobby

[@cecelouise8033]

I feel like this painting is like looking into his soul, his upbringing, his family, his life on road. All of it.

[@rong2944]

DAMN SKEPPIIIII! MAKING US PROUD IN AFRICA! BEAUTIFUL WORK MAN!!!!

[@winst9546]

Skepta one of the realest ones out there

[@akiyatiffany]

The man beautiful omg 😻

[@gigi4143]

Love thissssss for him and for us.. African artists deserve so much more light and exposure because we are incredible and brilliant 🔥

[@joachimvonkeller6502]

@@moomoocowsly skeptas roots are from nigeria and jesus isnt white at all

[@gigi4143]

@@joachimvonkeller6502 🥰👏🏿

[@ayoonine]

New goals. Happy for Skepta, and he's very talented I hope to see more art from him in the future

[@vkulumba]

What a work of art ❤❤👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿 looks absolutely amazing!!!

[@grime2.085]

Loved his music, massive fan of his Nike collaborations those shoes were art themselves. Now he makes actual art skepta the G.O.A.T!

[@tee-motionpictures4318]

I love the way he always rep Nigeria proud of Yaa

[@arreismichellecote]

Love everything about it, I started painting during the pandemic too!

[@TheJulesfoote]

Fantastic. Great to see a true artist express themselves.

[@powerfulbagel]

lovely man, so talented & such charisma as well 😊 thank you for sharing your art with us!

[@rednazray]

1000 years from now that painting will be worth millions

[@skies988]

We’re so proud of him

[@loco4813]

just beautiful

[@Caesar_Online]

Very dope to see him do this!

[@MeEmma123]

Such a beautiful piece!!

[@glenyshoughtondouglas1807]

Could Skepta be any more handsome ! Whew ❤️

[@wallacepopoola7892]

This man🧠❤️

[@fubujackets.8152]

Dope dope dope. Conceptually tuff.

[@paulchen7628]

A true artist involves themselves in every form of art, shout out to skepta for sharing that musicians can go beyond music and into fashion, painting, and etc.

[@michaeltrue6202]

loved this

[@ErnyVibes]

We all know the big man been creative from the start 🇳🇬🇿🇲❤️

[@T.T.F]

So sick.

[@elliottobelliotnwaobi4779]

Good that he found another creative outlet during Lockdown. The reaction to the pandemic was/is still extreme IMO.

[@Linkn12]

Big up yourself, legendary business! 🙌🏾💪🏾

[@jamesfriscia4725]

Slawn and Chito one of the beat touches to the piece

[@vikkijenkins9350]

Beautiful Painting By A Beautiful Human Being

[@perlashir3056]

This is so cool!

[@danielhoward6558]

Love seeing this dimension and side of Skepta.

[@datbang5072]

He’s just a weirdo

[@mrinvisible500]

@@datbang5072close minded dickhead

[@joel000ful]

This is really cool

[@mediaworx177]

Skepta the realest

[@bipolarsunshine]

Incredible works

[@abcabc9893]

It's like a proper hyperbolic diorama in 2D reality bruv.....just likk u, I AVE no words to describe. One paintin is more than enuf.

[@Sammy_Dodger]

Vision!

[@rastajay8883]

Explore your art creative journey brother... ✨️ Freedom of expression and imagination is the best feeling in the world.

[@BristolBerg]

So cool !

[@mackavelly]

skepta is life🙏🙏🙏

[@Tigercam24]

Idek Skeps painted. That dude is a true creative

[@tokageza2238]

After watching some Catfish UK, it's crazy how now I see how much he looks like his sister.... Skepta is such a fine rapper and man!!

[@blankexpression3]

Simplesmente o maior. BIG SMOKE.

[@majestic4174]

Amazing

[@hajiabdalla5772]

U are artist love man

[@Greenz1100]

Beautiful

[@badtbwoi]

“My teacher told me I’m a sideman,I told her to remember me…”

[@salyaha2665]

Beautiful painting !

[@earthq3945]

Legendary

[@yOGlo]

Go on then !!

[@dennisumeakubilo6564]

Mama goes to market real LIFE

[@FlatThumb]

I didn't know he had an interest painting - very cool!

[@hanawana]

exquisite

[@lexa3210]

Saw that Skepta had done a painting for the first time on facebook and mad people where hating (you know what sort of people were hating)

[@simonh7025]

Clearly he is now on a journey to create a piece of art that is deeper than his music video for All Over The House. This painting is profound but he still has some way to go before he can reach the levels he once achieved with that beautiful and compelling video from 2011.

[@yunbha4418]

Transcended those days

[@xCynesta]

Rahhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[@patoisman]

Greatness only

[@bluba3751]

Amazing peace

[@gmshadowtraders]

BIGGUP MY BRUDA! He is indeed 'One of the Greatest' 🤣🤣😎😎

[@SPWILLY]

Imagine owning that painting 😯

[@nathanielshammah2767]

Big Shoutout to Mama Nike for the inspiration!!!

[@slickmix3255]

Gwaan skepta 😎

[@markyfabulous3184]

Nice 👌

[@rodrigocarneiro9166]

the guys is genius

[@MarcLondonTV]

dope... he should paint every few years tbh! 🤞🏾❤

[@Kit-gv5mo]

and it sold for £80k wow legendary.

[@user-nz4yd3iu4t]

참 아름답고 멋찝니다~~

[@Bangastarch]

He’s breathing Nigeria ..

[@davidk2607]

🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@yOGlo]

#Art 🙌🖼🎨

[@umvemnyama]

Not a fan of Skepta but I am a fan of the lifestyle of creating through more than one medium. When you have a lot to express, boundaries shouldn't hold you back.

[@stickman9009]

big smoke!!

[@vibelifemusic]

🐐🐐🐐

[@williama-d6]

Nice it looks really good and are they still selling Prada trainers I have not seen them in years

[@TheCleaners63]

Nice

[@boomfraser]

talented painter aswell

[@alw1915]

This is the best art I've ever seen. So good.

[@AliHussain-fz7pd]

I would like this painting very much even if he had no association with it at all. It's so easy to hype things with a celebrity endorsement..the work speaks for itself.

[@RDCCC]

Icon

[@alexanderturnbullvollmer3320]

GRRRRREASE

[@entermmc]

new side of him I just learned

[@declanfrankfurt3906]

anyone know where his sweatshirt is from?

[@SuperKevonn]

🐐

[@kamil4043]

Big man skeppy answers to no one

[@katharsiskreed7980]

Cool

[@wurbo3488]

he is so fuckin sick

[@levslabs]

Good afternoon, good evening, good morning to everyone around the world

[@nicholashiggins856]

Super tough

[@vongaisibanda8669]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@alexanderturnbullvollmer3320]

They say a wife is a gun, see man with his wife finna disarm himmm OYYY

[@ProWaterBeerBioBen]

Hell Yeah M8

[@willnzsurf]

🌴😎💯

[@_....J........................]

Fanon wrote something like, [the native does not always speak the truth / the native is the truth. the truth of what? the truth of the settler's undoing.] Sylvia Wynters said "we's-not-us", and Wilderson III asked them, who embodies the truth of the undoing of The World?

[@djdelta777]

Wow I never knew Skepta was Nigerian. Well done my broda

[@iffysd9864]

Where did you think he was from

[@djdelta777]

@@iffysd9864 well I thought he was from the carribean

[@iffysd9864]

@@djdelta777 he doesn't look it so thats surprising lol

[@djdelta777]

@@iffysd9864 its my ignorance I guess, I normally assume a black person with a British, especially London accent to be from the carribean in the first instance, due to there being a larger proportion of them here than African British

[@xayhovan6814]

@@iffysd9864 what? How do you look carribean wtf 😂

[@aarond9563]

The music choice was interesting. I feel like this was ripe for some Nigerian music or remixed grime or something. This just felt very New York which I guess also kinda makes sense in a way.

[@joaogabrielmangolin5376]

brabo

[@ninenikiboys3031]

If somebody tells you that he is an artist, and then adds to it one of the greatest. Know he is really not. True genius humble and never would call themselves greatest.

[@Kim-427]

There is a difference when you can say proudly that you have accomplished some things and you are one of the greatest. There is a difference between I am the greatest and being one of the greatest and that’s what he said. He deserves to be able to say that about hisself. You are taking it the wrong way.

[@dylanphillips9659]

He is the greatest though?

[@onlinexcp]

vry based -