Amoako Boafo 2021 subverts expectations of abstraction’s origins

subverts expectations of abstraction’s origins and aims

according to Jenney

” With its geometric contours and plunging diagonal perspective

when Murillo invited them to perform as part of a public program at Berlin’s Haus der Kulturen der Welt in summer 2023

Amoako Boafo 2021 subverts expectations of abstraction’s originsThis book is the first comprehensive examination of the practice of Ghanaian painter Amoako Boafo. It presents selected works dating from 2017 to 2021, including portraits from Boafos Body Politics, Black Diaspora, Shadow, and Couple series. Notable for their exhilarating colors and patterns, and made with the artists unique method of applying pigment with his fingers, the paintings represent new ways of approaching and celebrating Blackness. In