Amoako Boafo
SINGULAR DUALITY: ME CAN MAKE WE is a solo exhibition by Amoako Boafo featuring new large-scale paintings that explore the tension of internal and external worlds, and of the complexities of shadow and light. Boafo’s second solo show with Roberts Projects expands on his oeuvre representing and celebrating Blackness, while introducing significant new themes.
By Jamilah Rose-Roberts
The Ghanaian painter brings his Accra studio to Los Angeles while taking on a mentorship role for the inaugural Maison Perrier Art Prize.
There is a physical quality to Amoako Boafo’s paintings that distinguishes them immediately within contemporary portraiture. His figures hold a composure that recalls the long history of painted portraiture, though the surfaces that describe them remain unmistakably contemporary.
