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Amoako Boafo
Joy in Purple
- Estimate
- $50,000 - 70,000
$668,000
Lot Details
oil on canvas
signed, inscribed and dated “AMOAKO M BOAFO 2019 KING” center right
81 1/2 x 77 1/4 in. (207 x 196.2 cm)
Painted in 2019.
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Amoako Boafo
GhanaianAmoako Boafo’s work questions contemporary misunderstandings of blackness by contrasting personal and structural perceptions and portrayals of black people. His heavily expressionistic and sensitive portraits of friends and acquaintances highlight their self-perception and beauty while challenging the misconceptions of blackness that objectify and dehumanize black people. Often depicting his sitters with animated lucidity against vibrant, monochromatic backgrounds, Boafo asks for understanding of the diversity and complexity of blackness in spite of the frequently negative representations of black people in media and culture. Though born in Accra, Ghana, he now lives and works in Vienna, Austria.
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