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Ozwald Boateng x Efie Gallery

7th October – 10th December 2024

Ozwald Boateng, London United Kingdom

Installation View

Efie Gallery and Ozwald Boateng are delighted to partner for a unique showcase of artistry.

Opening October 7th, during Frieze Week London, we are delighted to present a mixed-media exhibition that spans three generations of modern and contemporary African art alongside the tailoring of Ozwald Boateng, celebrating the symbiosis between visual art and fashion. The exhibiting artists include: Abdoulaye Konaté, J.K. Bruce-Vanderpuije and Maggie Otieno.

Abdoulaye Konaté
Born in Mali 1953, Konaté creates large-scale textile-based installations using woven and dyed clothes, materials native to his homeland Mali. Konaté’s abstract and figurative tableaux explore both aesthetic language and diverse socio-political and environmental issues. Referring to the West-African tradition of using textiles as a means of communication, the artist balances the global issues with an intimate reference to his own life and country.

J.K. Bruce-Vanderpuije
Born in British-Accra (1899-1989), the influential photographer played a pivotal role in developing an authentic narrative and aesthetic of Africa through a non-colonial lens. Among the limited number of Ghanaian photographers who rose to prominence in the pre-independence era, his portfolio encompassed a wide spectrum of assignments and personal projects, including jobs from the government, nation-shaping occurrences and intimate depictions of everyday life. Through his meticulous documentation, he offered a diverse and abundant insight into the cultural tapestry of a nation.

Maggie Otieno
Born in Nairobi 1974, Otieno is visual arts practitioner living and working in Nairobi. Through abstract long figures comprised of 150 year old distressed railway sleepers, her current work captures social commentary and diverse experiences of human forms, evoking emotion and creating interactions and movement in abstraction.

Location: Ozwald Boateng, 30 Saville Row
Dates: 7th October – 10th December 2024