Palo Gallery (New York, NY) is delighted to share details of its debut art fair participation at Art Cologne 2023. Exhibiting works by painters Lorenzo Amos and Lewinale Havette, Palo Gallery’s presentation will explore the artist’s contrasting interpretations of self-portraiture and the importance of the art studio as an environment. Both Amos and Havette’s practice ground the artists in the greater historical context of self-representation and portraiture, while wrestling with their own unique personal histories and stories.
For Amos, the studio exists as a sacred space for the exploration and reinterpretation of the body while maintaining the art historical context of such an environment. Havette uses her own studio space to explore her ‘magical’ feminine identity in relation to growing up in Liberia and African spirituality. While Havette’s focus is on inner reflection and selfhood, Amos explores his identity through the way his subjects occupy, and thus transform his studio space. Both artists rely heavily on the atmosphere of their studios to influence the creation of an ambiance and setting within their works, which allows for an exciting dialogue between their selected pieces and practices as a whole.
