Kofi Agorsor presents slow-growth sculptures

Kofi Agorsor, MY BEAUTIES, 2010-2022, African Tropical Wood

Gallery 1957 will present Tudɛvie (Calling), a special collection of slow-growth sculptures that the artist has been developing for over a decade. The sculptures are complemented by a cluster of the kind of paintings that Agorsor is known for, to connect his established art to his less exposed vein of practice. Both lines of work have been at the core of Agorsor’s pursuits since his early childhood training across ritual and post-colonial learning environments. The public, may be less familiar with the sculptural bodies that have been lurking in the background. The exhibition Tudɛvie—meaning ‘Calling’ or ‘Awakening’ in Agorsor’s Ewe language—explores his shape-shifting position within and beyond established frameworks for art. Where to fit a fellow who flows like water? Is he a painter or sculptor? Is he modernist, or contemporary? Does his art live in the objects, or in the social processes that produced them? Is his thinking Ewe, African, Global, or Transcendent? Exhibition continues until 13th July 2023

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