Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe — Superficial Incisions
about 13 months ago (11/27/2023)
Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe — Superficial Incisions — Almine Rech Gallery — Exhibition — Slash Paris Login Newsletter Twitter Facebook Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe — Superficial Incisions — Almine Rech Gallery — Exhibition — Slash Paris English Français Home Events Artists Venues Magazine Videos Back Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe — Superficial Incisions Exhibition Painting Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe, Aspect II, 2023 (Détail) Oil on canvas Courtesy of the artist & Galerie Almine Rech, Paris Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe Superficial Incisions Ends in 11 days: November 18 → December 22, 2023 Almine Rech Paris is pleased to present Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe’s second solo exhibition with the gallery, Superficial Incisions, on view from November 18 to December 22, 2023. The new body of work Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe will be presenting in Paris for his second solo show at Almine Rech sees the artist reconceptualizing the black cowboy stylistically in a series of bust portraits wherein most of his figures don the outline of the iconic rodeo hat. Quaicoe’s focus is twofold— the phenomenon of ‘invisibility’ as a clear indicator of greater battles to be fought, and the investigation into the meaning of the different scarifications and tattoos of each figure.