![]() ![]() ![]() The tight framing, intense gazes and colourful outfits equally echo the advertising culture of the image and tradition of the portrait. The power of the portraits and momentous strokes which characterize the paintings liken them to the Accra school, a generation of talented young painters including Amoako Boafé, whom Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe met at the Ghanatta College of Art and Design and has remained a friend ever since. Alone or in pairs, the subjects are depicted in isolation, all at once observers and observed, their gaze fixed upon the artist and the viewer. Some live in Ghana, where Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe is originally from others in the United States, where he now lives, sharing his time between Ghana and the US. The characters, are studio models or friends of the artist. Quaicoe’s focus is twofold- the phenomenon of ‘invisibility’ as a clear indicator of greater battles to be fought, and the investigation into the meaning of the different scarifications and tattoos of each figure. The new body of work Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe will be presenting in Paris for his second solo show at Almine Rech sees the artist reconceptualizing the black cowboy stylistically in a series of bust portraits wherein most of his figures don the outline of the iconic rodeo hat. Almine Rech Paris is pleased to present Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe's second solo exhibition with the gallery, Superficial Incisions, on view from November 18 to December 22, 2023.
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