Inaugurazione Marking Time

SRISA Gallery and BHMF are excited to present the works of Ako Atikossie and Johny H. Ngbwa in the exhibition Marking Time opening February 12th at 19:00.

Marking Time, curated by BHMF and part of the X edition of Black History Month Florence - Tempo Rubato, forms a dialogue around a reflection on the significance of marks as a documentation of time revealing and shaping the temporal spectrum.

Ako Atikossie’s meticulous insistence on the minus sign takes the form of scientific investigations, where optical illusion encounters the physical sculptural manipulation of the canvas. Johny H. Ngbwa’s printmaking practice with large-scale undulating planes produces a sense of tension and urgency while embracing the viewer in a seemingly expansive landscape.

With titles evocative of movement through the natural environment, the works harken to those forms of visualizing space devoid of political borders.