Augustine Kofie – « OFF/GRID » – 27 Mars > 26 Avril 2015
Augustine Kofie, artiste américain de Los Angeles, présentera à partir du 27 Mars 2015 son exposition personnelle « OFF/GRID » à la David Bloch Gallery – Marrakech.
Le vernissage aura lieu en présence de l’artiste à la galerie le 27 Mars à partir de 19h.
L’exposition se poursuivra jusqu’au 26 Avril 2015.
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OFF/GRID se réfère à la tension qui anime son travail: la juxtaposition, puis la synthèse de forces opposées. Cette tension opère sur différents niveaux.
En terme de style, vintage et futuriste se confrontent et fusionnent.
En terme de composition pure, les formes et les lignes, tout d’abord construites selon un canevas strict, s’affranchissent par la suite, jouant sur un inclinaison, se déplaçant hors du modèle établi, dans une expérimentation libre et improvisée.
En terme de techniques, ses collages de packagings industriels et fournitures de bureau datant des années 50 aux années 80 se
transmuent dans un rendu contemporain par l’ajout de peinture.
Kofie prépare son travail tel un constructeur – un architecte ou un ingénieur – un dessinateur et non un peintre, faisant des croquis préliminaires, en deux dimensions d’une structure, qui ne sera jamais construite.
Cela produit un sentiment temporel paradoxal : la structure existe simultanément dans un avenir qui n’aura jamais lieu, tout en renvoyant à un passé déjà oublié.
OFF/GRID fait référence à cette temporalité irrationnelle, une vision oscillante entre passé et futur, une inclinaison hors de la grille du temps.
OFF/GRID repousse les limites de cette exploration toujours plus loin grâce au dialogue créé par son contexte marocain.
Kofie explorera la notion de synthèse contradictoire par sa collaboration avec des artisans marocains, établissant ainsi une fusion entre leurs traditions artistiques et sa propre marque d’expression contemporaine américaine.
Le titre OFF/GRID renvoie donc aussi au fait que l’essence du travail de l’artiste prend naissance, pour cette exposition, hors de la grille de son milieu culturel habituel.
Principales Expositions:
2014
– Solo Exhibition. Openspace gallery/ Pop up space. Paris, France
– Group Exhibition. REWIRED. Gamma Transport Division. Eidenburgh, Scottland
– ESMoA & The Getty Research Institute Present: SCRATCH. El Segundo, California
– Solo Exhibition. Yesterdays Advance. ARTO Gallery. Mexico D.F.
– 2 Man Show. ASSIOMA: Moneyless & Augustine Kofie. Avantgarden Gallery. Milan, Italy
– Group Show. Exhibit Z. Library Street Collective. Detroit, Michigan
– February 5 -18, 2014. Pow Wow Hawaii. Mural Installation. Honolulu, HI
– LA Art Show. MCLA Booth & Breeze Block Gallery Booth @ Littletopia.
January 15-19th, 2014. Los Angeles Convention Center
2013
– L’Avenir. A Graffuturism Group Show. Shooting Gallery. San Francisco, CA
– 3 man Show. Breeze Block Gallery. Jerry Joker Inscoe, Christopher Derek Bruno, Augustine Kofie. Portland, Oregon
– Group Show. De la ligne à l’abstraction. Yves Laroche Gallery. Montreal, Canada
– Solo Show. Structurally Sound. White Walls Gallery. San Francisco, CA
– Group Show. Out With The Old. Library Street Collective. Detroit, Michigan
– Solo Show. GRAFFUTURISM. California Soul. Galleri Open Space. Paris, France
– Group Show. Breeze Block Gallery. Wider Then A Postcard. Portland, Oregon
– Museum Exhibition. Urban Art Biennale. World Cultural Heritage Site at the Völklingen Ironworks. Völklingen , Germany
– Group Show. Intoxicated Demons Gallery. Strictly Paper. Munich, Germany
– Group Show. White Walls Gallery. 10 Year Anniversary Show. San Francisco, CA
– White Walls @ SCOPE Art Fair. during Miami Art Basel. SCOPE Pavilion
– Art Basel:Miami Group Show. White Walls @ SCOPE Art Fair. during Miami Art Basel. SCOPE Pavilion. Miami, Florida
2012
– 2 Man Show. Conversations: Kofie & Jaybo. Soze Gallery. Los Angeles, CA
– Group Show. Fear No Art 3. Boston, Massachusetts
– 2 Man show. Joybo Monk & Augustine Kofie. Soze Gallery. Downtown los Angeles
– GATHER. 2 man Exhibition & mural project. The Lovell Gallery. Cape Town, South Africa
– Mural installation. Picturin Festival. Torino, Italy
– Group Exhibition. Gamma Proforma Presents: FUTURISM 2.0. Blackall Studios. London, England
– Group Show. Brooklyn Street Art Presents: GEOMETRICKS. Curated by Hellbent. Gellery Brooklyn. Brooklyn, NY
– Group Show. Space // Form. Breeze Block Gallery. Portland, Oregon
– Group Show. DAB & MYLA and FRIENDS EXHIBITION. Thinkspace Gallery. Culver City, CA
– Exhibition, murals and conference. Board Dripper Festival- Reciclado. Queretaro, Mexico
– Mural Installation. Amplify Campus. 1600 Main Street. Venice, California
– Santa Fe Indian Market project. Curated by Jaque Fragua. Santa Fe, New Mexico
– Solo Show. WORKING AN ANGLE. Known Gallery. Los Angeles, CA
– Group Show. Streets Of The World. Opera Gallery. New York, NY
– Group Exhibition/ Auction. Urban Legends. LA Mart Design Center. Los Angeles, CA
– Group Show/ Benefit. Sesame Street. Known Gallery. Los Angeles, CA
– Group Show. Well & Good Present: D i s c o v e r y. Toronto, Ontario Canada
– Group Show. LA Freewalls Inside. LALA Gallery. Los Angeles, CA
– Group Show. White Walls Winter Group Show. White Walls Gallery. San Francisco, CA
– Affordable Art Fair 2012. Showing with Edition One Hundred. Downtown Los Angeles
2011
– Art Basel:Miami Mural Installation. GRAFFUTURISM Mural Installation. Kohn compound Art Basel satellite event. Wynwood District. Miami, Florida
– Art Basel:Miami Mural Installation. MTN Colors Mural Installation. Kohn compound. Art Basel satellite event. Wynwood District. Miami, Florida
– Art Basel:Miami Group Show. White Walls @ SCOPE Art Fair. during Miami Art Basel. SCOPE Pavilion. Booth C27. Miami, Florida
– Solo Show. Cilrulatory System: Recent Works. White Walls Gallery. San Francisco, CA
– Group Show. Rockin 2011. KGB LA Gallery. Los Angeles, CA
– Group Show. Rarely Found: An RF Crew Group Show. Lunch Money. Los Angeles, CA
– Group Show. Rudimentary Perfection. She One, Duncan Jago, Jaybo Monk, Matt W. Moore, Augustine Kofie, Nawer, Morten Andersen, Poesia, Derm, Mark Lyken. Recoat Gallery. Glasgow, Scotland
– Group Exhibition. David Bloch Gallery. Marrakech, Morocco
– Group Exhibition. Pasadena Museum of California Art. Street Cred: Graffiti Art from Concrete to Canvas. Currated by Steve Grody. Pasadena, CA
– 4 Man Exhibition. Unintended Calculations. Remi Rough, Joker, Augustine Kofie & Sueme. Becker Gallery. Vancouver, BC Canada
– 4 Man Exhibition. Linear Empires. White Walls Gallery. San Francisco, California
– Group Exhibition. Edifice Cache. Installation by Mike Russek along with contributing artists. Morono Kiang Gallery. Los Angeles, CA,
– Museum Exhibition. Dreams Deferred: Artists Respond to Immigration. The Chinese American Museum (CAM).
Los Angeles, CA
– Mural Project & Group Exhibitions. Primary Flight. Fresh Produce Curated by Christina Gonzalez. White Walls Pop Up Gallery @ W Hotel. North Miami, Florida
– Group Exhibition. HACER Precents: DUALITY. Saber – Retna – Sheppard Fairy – Tanner – Eyer – Sharktoof. CB GALLERY. Los Angeles, CA
2010
– Group Exhibition. SourceLA Modern Design Exhibition. L.A. Mart® Design Center. Los Angeles, CA
– Group Exhibition. DU MUR A L’ATELIER. Addict Gallery. Paris, France
– Solo Show. White Walls Gallery. Retrofitted: And other forms of Vintage Futurism. San Francisco, California
– Project Room, Berlin, Germany. Live Art for Auction with El Mac. Curated by Jaybo Monk. ProjectRoom
– Live Art During Volta Basel. Curated by The LA Art Machine. Mear – Kofie – Retna. Basel, Switzerland