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Chilli Art Projects are pleased to present Richard Mensah’s second solo show with the gallery ‘Back in Time to Move Forward.’. Mensah’s layered, multifaceted compositions weave the contemporary with the past to reflect on the future. Referencing the Harlem Renaissance of the 20s and 30s, Mensah constructs his vision of a contemporary African Renaissance happening some 100 years later - across the arts, music & wider culture. Centred around this optical fabric motif, Mensah reflects on the African notion of meaning tied to fabrics, often in a highly personal manner. Mensah adopts this …