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The new body of work Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe will be presenting in Paris for his second solo show at Almine Rech sees the artist reconceptualizing the black cowboy stylistically in a series of bust portraits wherein most of his figures don the outline of the iconic rodeo hat. Quaicoe’s focus is twofold— the phenomenon of ‘invisibility’ as a clear indicator of greater battles to be fought, and the investigation into the meaning of the different scarifications and tattoos of each figure.

The characters, are studio models or friends of the artist. Some live in Ghana, where Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe …