Delphine Desane 1988
Delphine Desane is a painter and sculptor living and working in New York City. Born and raised in France to Haitian parents, she started painting during a maternity leave in 2017. Desane paints individuals of the African and Caribbean diaspora - mostly women, within familial contexts. Many of her portraits of women are drawn from her own experiences of motherhood, Black womanhood, and her experience as an immigrant in the United States. Desane's portraits are full of expression against vivid backgrounds, which exalt their inner state of mind.
Desane had her first solo-exhibition at Luce Gallery in Turin, Italy in 2021. The artist has participated in various group exhibitions, including Black Femme: Sovereign of WAP and the Virtual Realm, Canada Gallery, New York, (2021); Contemporary Domesticity, Taymour Grahne Gallery, London (2021); Black Voices/Black Microcosm, CFHILL, Stockholm (2020); A Peripheral Reverie, PENSKE projects, Los Angeles (2020); and a residency at the POCOAPOCO in Oaxaca (2020).
Desane first gained international recognition after she was commissioned to make a work for the cover of Vogue Italia's January 2020 issue. Her works have been acquired by the Museum of African Contemporary Art Al Maaden (MACAAL), Marrakech, and multiple private collections across the United States and Europe.
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Ghosts of Empires II
Curated by Larry Ossei-Mensah 2022年9月16日 - 10月22日 LondonBen Brown Fine Arts is pleased to announce Ghosts of Empires ll, an exhibition curated by Ghanaian-American curator and cultural critic Larry Ossei-Mensah. Taking place at Ben Brown Fine Arts London (16 September – 22 October 2022), the exhibition seeks to explore the intersections, overlaps, and dissonance between the Black Atlantic and Asia Imperialist Trade routes and brings together an extraordinary group of contemporary artists hailing from African and Asian diasporas.更多
This seminal exhibition features the work of Hurvin Anderson, Adam de Boer, Alvaro Barrington, Delphine Desane, Theaster Gates, Jeanne F. Jalandoni, Tidawhitney Lek, Chris Ofili, Fadekemi Ogunsanya, Maia Cruz Palileo, Miguel Àngel Payano Jr., Paul Anthony Smith, Zao Wou-Ki and Livien Yin. -
「帝國的幽靈」
2022年3月22日 - 5月14日 Hong Kong「帝國的幽靈」匯集眾多非凡的非洲和亞洲當代僑民藝術家,旨在探索黑色大西洋和亞洲帝國主義貿易路線之間的交集、重疊和失調。更多
展出的藝術家包括:赫爾文·安德森(Hurvin Anderson)、 Adam de Boer、德爾芬·德桑(Delphine Desane)、西斯特· 蓋茨(Theaster Gates)、 Jeanne F. Jalandoni、克利斯.歐菲利(Chris Ofili)、Fadekemi Ogunsanya、 Maia Cruz Palileo、 Miguel Angel Payano Jr.、 Paul Anthony Smith、尹莉雯(Livien Yin)和趙無極。
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GHOSTS OF EMPIRES II: An Interview
Shaquille Heath interviews Larry Ossei-Mensah for Juxtapoz 2022年10月5日While contemporary events can often feel uniquely monumental, it is wise to remember the old adage &...更多 -
Larry Ossei-Mensah Curates Show in London on the Afterlife of Empires
Somers Gerson for Cultbytes 2022年10月2日The legacy of colonialism has deeply affected our perception of the world and discourse on power, po...更多 -
This exhibition confronts the legacy of British colonialism
Zara Afthab for DAZED 2022年9月29日Curated by Larry Ossei-Mensah, Ghosts of Empire II seeks to provoke conversation and questioning aro...更多 -
Diverse Voices: The Changing Face of Curating
Victoria Woodcock for elephant 2022年9月26日Ossei-Mensah’s current show at Ben Brown Fine Arts in London’s Mayfair centres on artist...更多
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Ben Brown Fine Arts to Present a Group Show Curated by Ghanaian-American Curator and Critic Larry Ossei-Mensah
Balasz Takac for WIDEWALLS 2022年9月13日This September, Ben Brown Fine Arts will present Ghosts of Empires II, a sequel to the pr...更多 -
GHOSTS OF EMPIRES II, AN EXHIBITION CURATED BY GHANAIAN-AMERICAN CURATOR AND CULTURAL CRITIC LARRY OSSEI-MENSAH
Mark Westall for FAD Magazine 2022年8月3日Ben Brown Fine Arts to open Ghosts of Empires ll, an exhibition curated by Ghanaian-Ame...更多 -
History and Legacy Reconsidered in the Now: Ghosts of Empires II at Ben Brown Fine Arts London
1883 Magazine 2022年7月22日If you have visited Ben Brown Fine Arts in Mayfair recently, you will have been lucky enough to catc...更多 -
"Ghosts of Empires II An Exhibition Articulating Black And Asian Diasporic Experiences" – Ben Brown Fine Arts
Artlyst 2022年7月21日“After reading Kwasi Kwarteng’s book ‘Ghosts of Empire’, I was struck ...更多
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Routes of Life, Ghosts of History
Trebuchet Magazine 2022年7月20日Post-colonialism is alive and well. As a discourse it has parallel pathways to power and capital thr...更多 -
Colonies’ experience of imperialism the theme of Ghosts of Empires, two-part group art show opening in Hong Kong
By Enid Tsui for the South China Morning Post 2022年3月22日Hong Kong often sees its experience as a European colony as an exception rather than the rule. And s...更多