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Amoako Boafo: I Have Been Here Before

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20 Juillet - 30 Novembre 2025
  • Amoako Boafo

    I HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE 

    Wooyang Art Museum 우양미술관

     
    ON VIEW THROUGH NOVEMBER 30, 2025
    2025년 11월 30일까지 전시됩니다.
  • Mariane Ibrahim is proud to present I Have Been Here Before, Amoako Boafo’s first institutional solo exhibition in Asia, at the Wooyang Art Museum in South Korea.
    Recognized as one of the most influential Black contemporary artists today, Boafo has built a strikingly original portraiture style rooted in personal experience and art historical influence. The exhibition offers a comprehensive view of his artistic journey, seeking to go beyond surface-level depictions of Black identity and instead record, celebrate, and deeply explore the lived experiences and layered identities shaped by historical context.
     
    우양미술관은 가나 출신 작가 아모아코 보아포(Amoako Boafo)의 아시아 최초 미술관 개인전《I Have Been Here Before》를 개최합니다. 현재 가장 주목받는 흑인 예술가 중 한 명인 보아포는 개인적 경험과 미술사적 영향에 기반한 독창적인 화법을 통해 강렬한 존재감을 지닌 초상화 양식을 구축해왔습니다. 이번 전시는 그의 작품 세계를 총체적으로 조망하며, 단순히 피부색으로 표상되는 흑인의 이미지를 넘어, 흑인의 삶을 기록하고 기념하며, 역사적 맥락 속에서 형성된 다양한 개인의 정체성과 복합적인 경험을 깊이 있게 탐구하고자 합니다.

    This exhibition consists of four thematic sections, culminating in an architectural installation, Nsaa Pavilion, inspired by the courtyard of a traditional Korean hanok. Co-designed by DeRoche Projects, an architectural practice led by Glenn DeRoche, and the artist, this space acts as a point of intersection between Boafo’s visual language and Korea’s cultural heritage — a site where differing experiences, emotions, and perspectives come into dialogue. 
     
    이번 전시는 네 개의 주제별 섹션으로 구성되며, 마지막 공간에는 한옥의 마당에서 영감을 받은 건축 Nsaa Pavilion이 설치되었습니다. 이 공간은 가나 출신 건축가 글렌 드로쉬(Glenn DeRoche)가 이끄는 드로쉬 프로젝트와 작가가 협업하여 설계한 것으로, 보아포의 시각 언어와 한국의 문화유산이 교차하는 장소이자, 서로 다른 경험과 정서, 사고가 소통하는 장이 될 것입니다.
     
     

     

    Installation views of Amoako Boafo: I Have Been Here Before, Wooyang Art Museum, South Korea, July 20 – November 30, 2025. Photo by Gyu Taek Han. © Wooyang Art Museum.

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    • Amoako Boafo, Embroidered Roses, 2025
      Amoako Boafo, Embroidered Roses, 2025
    • Amoako Boafo, Red Tulip Overcoat, 2025
      Amoako Boafo, Red Tulip Overcoat, 2025
    • Amoako Boafo, Self Portrait- Three Gold Chains, 2025
      Amoako Boafo, Self Portrait- Three Gold Chains, 2025
    • Amoako Boafo, Bueno, 2024
      Amoako Boafo, Bueno, 2024
    • Amoako Boafo, Phase II - TASIA, 2024
      Amoako Boafo, Phase II - TASIA, 2024
    • Amoako Boafo, Heart shaped fingers, 2023
      Amoako Boafo, Heart shaped fingers, 2023
    • Amoako Boafo, Sunflower nail, 2023
      Amoako Boafo, Sunflower nail, 2023
    • Amoako Boafo, White teeth, white nail polish, 2023
      Amoako Boafo, White teeth, white nail polish, 2023
    • Amoako Boafo, Thick Black Hair, 2023
      Amoako Boafo, Thick Black Hair, 2023
    • Amoako Boafo, Multicolored Bucket Hat, 2023
      Amoako Boafo, Multicolored Bucket Hat, 2023
    • Amoako Boafo, Self-Portrait - Floral Jacket, 2023
      Amoako Boafo, Self-Portrait - Floral Jacket, 2023
    • Amoako Boafo, Yellow Neckline, 2023
      Amoako Boafo, Yellow Neckline, 2023
    • Amoako Boafo, Mariella, 2022
      Amoako Boafo, Mariella, 2022
    • Amoako Boafo, Smug Face, 2022
      Amoako Boafo, Smug Face, 2022
    • Amoako Boafo, MR. PALM - GREEN WRISTBAND, 2022
      Amoako Boafo, MR. PALM - GREEN WRISTBAND, 2022
    • Amoako Boafo, White Nail Polish, 2021
      Amoako Boafo, White Nail Polish, 2021
    • Amoako Boafo, KING GLOVES, 2021
      Amoako Boafo, KING GLOVES, 2021
    • Amoako Boafo, Green Handbag, 2021
      Amoako Boafo, Green Handbag, 2021
    • Amoako Boafo, Multicolored Bubble Sleeves, 2021
      Amoako Boafo, Multicolored Bubble Sleeves, 2021
    • Amoako Boafo, Royal Blue Stripes, 2021
      Amoako Boafo, Royal Blue Stripes, 2021
    • Amoako Boafo, Jean Michel Basquiat IV, 2020
      Amoako Boafo, Jean Michel Basquiat IV, 2020
    • Amoako Boafo, Enyonam's Black Shawl, 2020
      Amoako Boafo, Enyonam's Black Shawl, 2020
    • Amoako Boafo, Brick red, 2020
      Amoako Boafo, Brick red, 2020
    • Amoako Boafo, Checkered beret, 2020
      Amoako Boafo, Checkered beret, 2020
    • Amoako Boafo, Gregory, 2019
      Amoako Boafo, Gregory, 2019
  • BIOGRAPHIE DE L'ARTISTE:

    Amoako Boafo, Portrait de l’artiste, 2024. Photo par Alejandro Zaras. Courtesy de l’artiste et de Mariane Ibrahim.

    BIOGRAPHIE DE L'ARTISTE:

    Amoako Boafo (né en 1984 à Accra, Ghana ; vit et travaille au Ghana) renouvelle avec audace la représentation des corps noirs, en reconfigurant leur posture et leur visibilité, au-delà des récits dominants qui entourent la culture noire à l’échelle mondiale. Réputé pour ses portraits réalisés au doigt, dont la texture captivante attire immédiatement l’œil, il s’impose aujourd’hui comme une figure incontournable dans l’histoire picturale contemporaine.

     

    À travers des portraits saisissants, souvent monochromes et directs, Boafo instaure une relation d’intimité forte avec ses sujets. Leurs regards, fixes et affirmés, interpellent frontalement le spectateur. Isolées sur des fonds de couleur unie, ses figures imposent une présence indiscutable : impossible de détourner les yeux, aucun détail ne distrait ou n’atténue leur intensité. Ces portraits, à la fois monumentaux par leur format et solennels par leur aura, relèvent presque du tableau vivant.

     

    Formé à l’Académie des Beaux-Arts de Vienne (Vienne, Autriche), Boafo reçoit en 2017 le prix du jury du Walter Koschatzky Art Prize. Son travail figure aujourd’hui dans de nombreuses collections publiques et privées, parmi lesquelles le Wooyang Art Museum (Corée du Sud), le Denver Art Museum (Denver, CO), le Musée national d’art moderne – Centre Pompidou (Paris), le Leopold Museum (Vienne, Autriche), la Tate Modern (London, UK), le LACMA – Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Los Angeles, CA), et le Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (New York, NY).

     

    Son œuvre a également été exposée dans des institutions telles que le Belvedere Museum (Vienne, Autriche), la Kunsthalle Wien (Vienne, Autriche), le Seattle Art Museum, le Museum of the African Diaspora (San Francisco, CA) et The Bass Museum (Miami, FL), entre autres.

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  • About the Museum:

    About the Museum:

    Founded in 1991, Wooyang Art Museum is one of Korea’s oldest and most important museums. It has consistently introduced large-scale international exhibitions in cooperation with overseas art institutions and has further steadily presented the exhibitions of major artists, both domestic and foreign, who have taken a historical view of contemporary art and manifested the artistic currents of today well ahead of their time. Additionally, as southeastern Korea’s representative art museum, the Museum has become a central cultural space in the region by presenting not only exhibitions, but also a variety of educational programs and cultural activities in response to diverse cultural demands.
     
    In order to present the variety of possibilities within contemporary art, Wooyang Art Museum has extensively collected paintings, sculptures, installations, videos, and photographs by mid-career and veteran domestic and foreign artists who have played important roles in contemporary art. Further, in addition to introducing exhibitions that showcase the works in its collection in diverse ways, the Museum also presents special exhibitions several times each year. Going forward, Wooyang Art Museum will continue to create a beautiful harmony that achieves a unified landscape of relaxation and contemporary art amid Gyeongju’s prominent cultural heritage and brilliant nature.
  • About DeRoche Projects:

    About DeRoche Projects:

    DeRoche Projects is an Accra-based architecture and design practice working globally to create innovative, community driven spaces. Founded and led by Glenn DeRoche, who brings over 15 years of experience delivering major cultural, civic, and commercial projects, the studio delivers work across various scales, from buildings to objects.
     
    Their work thrives within productive tensions: digital explorations of form meet hands-on making, high-tech precision intersects low-tech ingenuity, and contemporary construction practices meets indigenous building traditions. These complementary forces shape a methodology inherently planet-positive, future-forward, and deeply connected to the layers of place and time.
     
    Sustainability isn’t approached as a checklist; it’s deeply embedded in their design process. Their projects aim to minimize environmental impact and they actively foster ecological and social resilience through regenerative materials, passive design strategies, and resource-conscious construction methods.
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