🎨#ArtIsAWeapon #NewExhibit Winner Takes All January 13 – February 19, 2022 Marianne Boesky Gallery | Chelsea 507 West 24th Street #NYC Reposted from @marianneboeskygallery Marianne Boesky Gallery is pleased to present 'Winner Takes All,' a group exhibition co-curated by visual artist Amoako Boafo ( @amoakoboafo) and curator Larry Ossei-Mensah ( @larryosseimensah ) featuring new works by nine emerging painters whose practices contend with history and the complexity of identity through experimentation with figurative forms. Opening January 13th, 5-8PM 507 West 24th Street #NYC Taking inspiration from the emotional impact and resiliency found in Carla Bruni’s rendition of the ABBA classic ""The Winner Takes It All,"" the exhibition subverts preconceived notions of how figurative painting, and the identity of the maker should be presented. The artists featured in the exhibition construct imaginary spaces within the pictorial planes of their artwork that liberate their diverse subjects from societal constraints of what can be a zerosum game, especially for people of color and immigrants. It is through this liberation that the featured artists create expansive narratives to encompass a plurality of unique creative voices, including those that have historically been omitted from Western canonical discourse. Sophia-Yemisi Adeyemo-Ross, Visions of Iron (Aloe Vera for Your Wounds) Aplerh-Doku Borlabi, Black and White Striped Sweater Zéh Palito, My Momma Louisiana, 2021 Nigatu Tsehay, Lost and found, 2021 @sophia.yemisi.adeyemo.ross @jessicaalazraki1 @dokuborlabi @yoyolander @anoushka @zehpalito @adjeitawaiah @nigatu_tsehay @didierdidiv #GroupExhibit #WinnerTakesAll #emergingartists #painters #ArtAndTheCity #BlackArtists #BlackGirlArtGeeks https://www.instagram.com/p/CYmxkjoP-QM/?utm_medium=tumblr
