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Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe

OTIS KWAME KYE QUAICOE

Hall Of Fame Roberts Projects 23 March–27 April 2024 Los Angeles
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Roberts Projects is pleased to present Hall of Fame, a new series of paintings and photographs by Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe celebrating the rich legacy of boxing in his homeland of Ghana. Quaicoe grew up in the villages surrounding Ghana’s capital, Accra, that have long been united in their devotion to local boxing culture—a symbolic path that could transcend circumstances of systemic poverty. On each canvas, the artist captures the determined gaze of amateur boxers from Bukom, a neighbourhood mythologized as the birthplace of featherweight champion Azumah Nelson and welterweight champion Ike Quartey, now home to some of the nation’s most prominent boxing gyms and training facilities. On a recent visit to Accra, Quaicoe absorbed Bukom’s spirit to record the dynamic personas of its aspiring boxers—each immortalised in the anticipated moment of glory.

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Exhibition view: Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe, Hall Of Fame, Roberts Projects, Los Angeles (23 March–27 April 2024). Courtesy Roberts Projects.
Exhibition view: Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe, Hall Of Fame, Roberts Projects, Los Angeles (23 March–27 April 2024). Courtesy Roberts Projects.
Exhibition view: Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe, Hall Of Fame, Roberts Projects, Los Angeles (23 March–27 April 2024). Courtesy Roberts Projects.
Exhibition view: Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe, Hall Of Fame, Roberts Projects, Los Angeles (23 March–27 April 2024). Courtesy Roberts Projects.
Exhibition view: Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe, Hall Of Fame, Roberts Projects, Los Angeles (23 March–27 April 2024). Courtesy Roberts Projects.
Exhibition view: Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe, Hall Of Fame, Roberts Projects, Los Angeles (23 March–27 April 2024). Courtesy Roberts Projects.
Exhibition view: Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe, Hall Of Fame, Roberts Projects, Los Angeles (23 March–27 April 2024). Courtesy Roberts Projects.
Exhibition view: Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe, Hall Of Fame, Roberts Projects, Los Angeles (23 March–27 April 2024). Courtesy Roberts Projects.
Exhibition view: Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe, Hall Of Fame, Roberts Projects, Los Angeles (23 March–27 April 2024). Courtesy Roberts Projects.
Exhibition view: Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe, Hall Of Fame, Roberts Projects, Los Angeles (23 March–27 April 2024). Courtesy Roberts Projects.
Exhibition view: Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe, Hall Of Fame, Roberts Projects, Los Angeles (23 March–27 April 2024). Courtesy Roberts Projects.
Exhibition view: Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe, Hall Of Fame, Roberts Projects, Los Angeles (23 March–27 April 2024). Courtesy Roberts Projects.
About the Artist

Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe’s (b.1988, Accra, Ghana; based in Portland, OR) figuration is built upon a palette where color becomes its own language of transformation, be it social, political or personal. His are images of empowerment and redemption, sophistication and humility, curiosity and quietude. Each figure becomes a symbol of the reclamation of cultural dignity, embracing the idea of origin and personal narrative as it relates to gender and race dynamics.

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Roberts Projects offers a critical and discursive platform for presenting diverse perspectives on contemporary art. It commissions and showcases projects from a multinational, multi-generational, and multi-disciplinary array of artists.

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