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Amoako Boafo
Soul of Black Folks

July 13–September 10, 2023
Seattle Art Museum
www.seattleartmuseum.org

Soul of Black Folks, the first solo museum exhibition of Amoako Boafo’s work, presents more than thirty paintings created by the artist between 2016 and 2022. Curated by Larry Ossei-Mensah, the exhibition originated at the Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco, and traveled to the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston. Boafo uses vibrant colors and textured paint—often applied with his fingertips—to create intimate and potent portraits centering Black subjectivity, Black joy, the Black gaze, and radical care.

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Together in Time
Selections from the Hammer Contemporary Collection

March 26–August 20, 2023
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
hammer.ucla.edu

Presented in conjunction with the unveiling of the Hammer’s building expansion, Together in Time highlights acquisitions made since 2005—the year the institution began collecting contemporary art. Organized around a sequence of discrete installations that highlight varied groupings of artists, the exhibition presents the tendencies and sensibilities at the forefront of contemporary art by Los Angeles–based and international artists. Work by Amoako Boafo, Chris Burden, and Jonas Wood is included.

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Strike Fast, Dance Lightly
Artists on Boxing

June 16–August 11, 2023
FLAG Art Foundation, New York
www.flagartfoundation.org

Copresented with The Church, Sag Harbor, New York, Strike Fast, Dance Lightly: Artists on Boxing, is a two-venue group exhibition that centers on the psychology, ethos, and spectacle of boxing. It explores the sport as both theme and metaphor, together with its complex and multifaceted cultural meanings. The exhibition includes ancient, modern, and contemporary artworks, as well as newly commissioned pieces and boxing-related ephemera. Work by Amoako Boafo and Ed Ruscha is included.

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Amoako Boafo
Soul of Black Folks

May 27–October 2, 2022
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston
camh.org

Soul of Black Folks presents over thirty works created by Amoako Boafo between 2016 and 2022, including a site-specific wall painting made for Contemporary Arts Museum Houston. The exhibition is a timely exploration of the various strategies that Boafo employs to capture the essence of the Black figure. Issues such as COVID-19, resistance to systemic oppression, and the commodification of Black bodies in the media heighten the exhibition’s urgency. The featured works center the viewer’s gaze on Boafo’s subjects, who represent all walks of Black life. This exhibition originated at the Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco.

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Amoako Boafo
Soul of Black Folks

October 20, 2021–February 27, 2022
Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco
www.moadsf.org

Soul of Black Folks, Amoako Boafo’s first solo museum show, presents over twenty works created between 2018 and 2021. The exhibition is a timely exploration of the various strategies that Boafo employs to capture the essence of the Black figure. Issues such as COVID-19, resistance to systemic oppression, and the commodification of Black bodies in the media heighten the exhibition’s urgency. The featured works center the viewer’s gaze on Boafo’s subjects, who represent all walks of Black life.