Solo Exhibition: Working An Angle @ Known Gallery, May 26-June 9, 2012

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Known Gallery Presents:

Working An Angle

Recent works by Augustine Kofie

Opens: May 26, 2012 | 8-11pm

Runs: May 26 – June 9, 2012

Known Gallery
441 North Fairfax Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90036

Exhibition view and archive available at augustinekofie.info

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Working An Angle is a recent collection of work by Los Angeles-based artist Augustine Kofie. This will be Kofie’s first solo show with Known Gallery and will include 40 recent works including hand painted multiple screen prints, collage on wood as well as paintings on canvas and wood.

 

The works comprising Working An Angle feature found paper collage, clean line work, delineation of geometric forms and divisions of space with a technical precision that resembles a modernist like archtectype drafting. Kofie’s unique understanding of placement and line work results in a style of meticulous rendering that never seems cold or sterile due to the delicate sense of balance maintained within each drafted creation. Compositions incorporating found papers and ephemera from various hunts for the refuse of the past tend to help give these recent works an ‘old soul’ type vintage mood, while still holding a structural heart. Dusty pinks, mauves and mint greens compliment a muted palette to soften the sharp streaks of line work, and imparts a simple elegance to the complicated arrangements of each circular form and shape. 

 

Half a dozen larger works will be on display as well as a number of pieces from the artists ‘Incising’ series where acrylic paintings on clayboard are lightly carved to exposing the underlining color forms,  continuation in the artists curiosity with layering, movement and linear connections.

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