Tegene Kunbi – Danjerus Cable
Until July 11, 2015.
Margaret Thatcher Projects New York
Sticky (detail), 2015.
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Thatcher Projects invites you to join us for the opening reception of Danjerus Cable, the gallery’s second solo exhibition of paintings by the Ethiopian-born, Berlin-based artist, Tegene Kunbi.
His expressive abstractions layer blocks of vibrant color upon richly textured surfaces, addressing formal and emotional concerns fundamental to abstract art.
Much More, 2015.
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Following Kunbi’s United States debut last year in the gallery Project Room, this exhibition will be the largest US presentation of his works to date.
Desolate, 2015.
The artist compartmentalizes his pictorial space with his color palette, a powerful translation of his African roots that includes bold swathes of red and ochre as well as an array of blues and greens. Gradually, regions are further segmented while other areas merge underneath layers of vividly saturated color. Beneath his foreground, the history of his process remains visible, allowing viewers to pick apart the process at their leisure.
Plastic, 2015.
Tegene Kunbi was born in Ethiopia in 1980. He received his BFA from the University of Addis Ababa in 2004. Through 2009 he continued his education at the Universität der Künste Berlin. Recent exhibitions include Galerie Gerken (Berlin, DE) and the Goethe Institute (Göttingen, DE.). The artist is the recipient of the prestigious DAAD scholarship.