George Afedzi Hughes: Moments in Time-Tangents

Press Release

Skoto Gallery isnproud to present a solo exhibition of the work of George Afedzi Hughes, anninternationally acclaimed painter and performance artist who?s visuallynarresting paintings highlight parallels between the violence of colonialism andncontemporary global encounters. Through an accessible prism of sportsniconography, Hughes? work interrogates postcolonial racial reconciliation andnidentity; and the tension between personal and historical narratives.

?Moments in Time:nTangents? will include twenty-three works that mine imagery from sports and popnculture to signal the residual effects of colonialism and the contradictions ofnpersonal and a commercially palpable identity.

I am interested in the subtle relationships between humanity, commercialism andncolonialism,? says Hughes. “I use sports imagery as a microcosm of society.?

Hughesnis Associate Professor of Painting at the State University at Buffalo and hasntaught at the University of Toledo, The University of Oklahoma and BowlingnState University. Born in Ghana, Hughes earned a B. A. in Art and an M. A. in ArtnEducation at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology; and an MFAnin Painting and Drawing from Bowling Green State University. His paintings,nperformances and installations have been exhibited internationally in Canada,nChina, Denmark, United Arab Emirate, England, France, Germany, Ghana, NorthernnIreland, Nigeria, Portugal, South Africa, Sweden, Uruguay, Wales and across thenUnited States.