Kwesi Botchway's Defiant Figures Examine the Black Experience
Featured in Kwesi Botchway’s Defiant Figures Examine the Black Experience At Gallery 1957, London, the Ghanaian artist explores Stuart Hall's theory that cultural identity 'belongs as much to the future as it does to the past' The past five years have seen a proliferation of Black faces and Black bodies – indeed, Black stories – in contemporary art. This is historical catch-up at full tilt. Ghanaian artist Kwesi Botchway’s solo show, ‘Becoming as well as Being’, is a riotous explosion on the London art scene. Co-curated by Ekow Eshun, the exhibition derives its t...
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