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ARTCO Gallery
MOVEMENT TO THE MICROCRON
For the first time in Germany, ARTCO presents the first 33 works of Owusu-Ankomah's new series Prelude to the Microcron, which was created following a brief creative hiatus. Prelude to the Microcron marks both an end point and a new beginning for Owusu’s artistic creations. The depiction of people in an idealised form, penetrated and superimposed by symbols and pictograms, is characteristic of Owusu-Ankomah’s works of the past few years. These are often the meaningful adinkra symbols from West Africa, which clearly remind us of the artist’s origins.
As part of the exhibition there will be an extensive book-quality catalogue, in which art historian Daniela Roth and artist/critic Marie Pittroff study the current work of Owusu-Ankomah from various perspectives. The artist himself has written an essay, affording
insight into his spiritual thoughts.
MOVEMENT TO THE MICROCRON
catalogue book, ARTCO 2011,
Hardcover, 27,5 x 22,5 cm, 80 pages, 42 colored illustrations
Texts: Marie Pittroff, Daniela Roth, Owusu-Ankomah, Joachim
Melchers.
Price: 19,00 € incl. VAT excl. shippingcosts
Exhibition disclosure:
Friday, 9th September 2011, 7 p.m.
Owusu-Ankomah is present.
Duration of exhibition:
9th September - 7th October 2011
Opening Hours:
Tue - Fr
10 am - Noon and 2pm - 6pm
Saturday
10am - 2pm
ARTCO Galerie
Ferdinand-Schmetz-Platz 2
52134 Herzogenrath
www.artco-ac.com
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Kunstverein Bad Salzdetfurth
MICROCRON - BEGINS
The Kunstverein Bad Sazdetfurth presents new paintings from the
new MICROCRON series in a solo show.
This exhibition is scheduled from Sept. 1 until Nov. 2 2012.
Kunstverein Bad Salzdetfurth
Teichstraße 15 A
31162 Bodenburg
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October Gallery London
MICROCRON
With this new work Owusu-Ankomah further develops these possibilities, adding further visual signs of his own invention to the customary lexicon of adinkra symbols which each represent a particular concept used by the Akan-speaking peoples of Ghana. In the same Akan language ‘kusum’ refers to sacred sites involved in the secret performances of mystery rites. By developing new symbols, such as the circle of shining stars which seems to entrance the main figure in the image above, Owusu-Ankomah yokes together ancient traditions of secret knowledge with modern speculations about the mysterious nature of reality derived from modern theoretical physics, which predict the parallel coexistence of multi-dimensional universes within a single ‘multiverse.’
Both secret and exoteric – which beguile the inhabitants of these marvelously painted worlds. These icons and glyphs contain, for those who strive to decipher their hidden meanings further, Owusu-Ankomah’s musings on the wonders of this mysterious world replete with secret signs.
Duration of the exhibition: 15th September – 29th October 2011
Opening hours:
12:30 to 17:30 from Tuesday to Saturday.
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October Gallery
24 Old Gloucester Street
Bloomsbury, London WC1N 3AL
Tel: + 44 (0)20 7242 7367
www.octobergallery.co.uk
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Johannesburg, South Africa
JOBURG ART FAIR 2011
Joburg Art Fair 2011 will take place between 23rd and 25th September 2011. Among other artists, ARTCO Gallery is going to present works by Owusu-Ankomah.
Opening hours:
Fr 23rd September 11am– 7pm
Sat 24th September 11am – 8pm
Sun 25th September 10am– 4pm
Sandton Convention Centre
Johannesburg, Südafrika
www.joburgartfair.co.za
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Cologne
ART FAIR 21
ART FAIR 21, the annual art fair in Cologne, takes place between 29th October and 1st November 2011. This year ARTCO Gallery is going to present works by Owusu-Ankomah among others.
Duration of the fair: 29th October - 1st November 2011
Opening hours:
Sat noon - 8pm
Sun 11am - 7pm
Mo noon - 8pm
Tue noon - 7pm
Disclosure: Friday, 28th Oktober 2011
ART FAIR 21
Staatenhaus am Rheinpark
Auenweg 17, 50679 Köln
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Heitsch Gallery presents
MICROCRON - KUNDUM
In its autumn exhibition, Heitsch Gallery will present works from Owusu-Ankomah's new series PRELUDE TO THE MICROCRON under the title MICROCRON - KUNDUM.
The exhibition will be unveiled on 11th November 2011 at 7 p.m.
Duration of the exhibition:
12th November 2011 - 7th January 2012
Heitsch Galerie
Reichenbachstraße 14
D-80469 München
T: +49 (0)89 269 49 11-0
www.heitschgalerie.de
Opening hours
Tue 2 pm - 7 pm
Wed - Fr 10 am - 7pm
Sat noon - 6 pm
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