In “Voilà l’Afrique,” self-taught artist Anthony Ayi Mensah (b.1986) incorporates elements of abstraction to re-interpret color and form and the function of portraiture. The artist’s “Yitso” series insist on an exaggerated and protruding blue eye. Facial expression across Yitso 39 (2021), Yitso 41 (2021) and Yitso 42 (2021) remain unchanged and this static quality interrogates on our anticipation of emotional range and representational roles portraits are commonly expected to convey.

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