Ange-Frédéric Koffi
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The image depicts a close-up view of a person's arm and hand, featuring a striking contrast between the vibrant red clothing and the dark, textured skin. The composition emphasizes the intricate details of the arm, capturing the unique, almost sculptural qualities of the skin's surface. The overall visual style and subject matter suggest a focus on the raw, unadorned human form, inviting the viewer to contemplate the inherent beauty and diversity of the body. The historical context or the artist's intention behind this piece may explore themes of identity, marginalization, or the human condition. ...
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Ange-Frédéric Koffi
Between image and object, the research of the Ivorian visual artist Ange-Frédéric Koffi builds an intimate and poetic geography that seeks to capture the state of grace of the journey. Moments of pause in a continuous displacement, his works have a temporality both furtive and meditative. Somewhere between the Ivory Coast, Senegal and Niger, the works in the exhibition capture what could have been only a reflection, a movement, a promise. One cannot help but look at Ange-Frederic Koffi's work in the light of a certain Ivorian school of photography in which the relationship to urban space and architecture is essential. But, shaped by his cross-border background, he draws on international references such as the particular connection to the French artist Marc-Camille Chaimovicz with whom he shares the desire to blur the lines: between art and design, between image and textile, or this way of mixing the intimate with a global vision whether political or social. ...