Ouattara Watts, 1:54

Ouattara Watts, 1:54
Somerset House, London WC2R 1LA, October 14-19th, 2014

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www.ouattarawatts.com
www.1-54.com

With vibrant colours, dynamic shapes, and hypnotic signs and symbols, Ouattara Watts explores the multicultural identity and spiritual bonds in contemporary society that transcend geography and nationality.

Watts integrates signs and symbols from spiritual literature to articulate a complex international sensibility. He has developed a wide vocabulary of symbols and forms—ranging from visual to linguistic, numeric, and scientific—with which he communicates his dynamic vision.

Merging objets trouvés, photography, and other media, Watts’s paintings invoke the artist’s multinational identity to invite diverse social and historical readings.
With lyricism and wit, Watts conjures imaginative worlds and magical visions, both urban and ancestral, to contemplate the metaphysical relationship between the individual.

“My vision is not based on any country or continent; it’s beyond geography or what can be seen on a map. Even though my pictorial elements can be located, so they can be better understood, this is all about something much wider. My paintings refer to the Cosmos” Ouattara Watts

© Sitor Senghor
The Theatre. 2008
Mixed media on canvas
Format: 246 x 246 cm

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