Exhibition Walkthrough: Worldmaking at Mitchell-Innes & Nash | ArtAsForm Tours

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This summer, Mitchell-Innes & Nash is pleased to present Worldmaking, a group exhibition of ten emerging artists living and working in Ghana, with many showing their work in New York for the first time. Encompassing significant new commissions and recent work spanning painting, sculpture, photography, video, and site-specific installation, the exhibition offers a glimpse into the vibrant art scene that characterizes Ghana today. Worldmaking features work by Hawa Ali Awanle Ayiboro, Dela Anyah, Rita Mawuena Benissan, Eric Gyamfi, Kelvin Haizel, Gideon Hanyame, Al Hassan Issah, Godelive Kasangati Kabena, Kay Kwabia, and Araba Opoku.

Co-curated by Ghanaian artist Gideon Appah, who has been exhibiting with the gallery since 2020, and curator and Gallery Director Ylinka Barotto, Worldmaking explores the environment in light of Western consumption, architectural influences that derive from years-long domination, colonial impact on ecosystems and economies, and the use of traditions as conduits to preserving the past and understanding the present. Rhizomatic in scope, Worldmaking mirrors the richly varied artistic ecosystem in Ghana today featuring artists who by pushing the boundaries of their respective mediums formally and conceptually, contribute compelling perspectives to the discourse of contemporaneity.

“This exhibition is an opportunity to provide a New York platform to my extremely talented peers,” said Appah. “Ghana’s art community is strong and thriving with creativity and is built upon a tradition of mutual support. I am thrilled to show these remarkable artists and contribute to increasing their visibility and expanding the conversation around their practices.”

“Gideon has long wanted to curate an exhibition of his fellow Ghanaian artists,” said Lucy Mitchell-Innes. “We are so proud to help realize his dream as part of our mission to champion our artists’ ideas, and to amplify awareness of the amazing work created by these visionary artists.”

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