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Ed Cross is delighted to present Akube Remix, a solo show of new work by Abdulrazaq Awofeso.
Developing a series first presented at 1-54 New York earlier this year and opening simultaneously with a commissioned installation, part of MAC Birmingham’s Waste age: What can design do? exhibition, Awofeso’s latest Okrika pieces depict items of second-hand clothing shipped from the West to Africa. The works are rendered in his characteristic repurposed wooden pallets and peppered with new details: brand names and sartorial flourishes, all drawing attention to the contrast between the sculptures’ rough materiality and the supposed refinement of the objects they represent.
