"Although this truism is typically offered as a negative, it can also be read as a positive that provides comfort and stability amid new environments. In I Bring Home with Me, Ghanaian artist Amoako Boafo recreates his Accra studio in an architectural reproduction within Roberts Projects ' Los Angeles gallery. Boafo is known for his stylized portraiture of Black people, whose skin the artist renders in swirling gestures made with his fingers."
"According to a statement from the gallery, Boafo wanted to reflect both the "images, sounds, people, stories, and events that shape his sense of place" and how community gatherings in his studio are essential to his process. While some portraits depict imagined subjects, many portray friends, family, and public figures. Monstera wallpaper, porous wall dividers, and floral seat covers add color and texture to the largely black, wooden structure and echo Boafo's use of paper transfers, embroidered details, and thick impasto."
Amoako Boafo recreates his Accra studio as a life-sized architectural replica within Roberts Projects' Los Angeles gallery, collaborating with architect Glenn DeRoche. The installation embeds a collection of finger-painted, stylized portraits of Black people, many depicting friends, family, and public figures, alongside imagined subjects. Monstera wallpaper, porous dividers, and floral seat covers complement paper transfers, embroidery, and thick impasto in the paintings. The arrangement emphasizes how images, sounds, people, stories, and events shape sense of place, and how community gatherings in the studio inform artistic process. The work examines presence, memory, and the interplay between interior environments and personal identity.
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