Wosene Worke Kosrof
At the Fowler Museum


New Paintings!
Inscribing Meaning:
Writing and Graphic Systems in African Art

through Feb 17, 2008

Three paintings by Wosene Worke Kosrof are in the groundbreaking exhibition that opened October 14th, 2007 at the Fowler Museum/UCLA in Los Angeles. The exhibition, Inscribing Meaning: Writing and Graphic Systems in African Art, which runs through February 17, 2008, "...brings together outstanding works of art from a range of periods, regions, genres, and peoples in order to consider the interplay between African art and the communicative power of graphic systems, language, and the written word."

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Wosene's works in the exhibit include, from the Fowler Museum permanent collection, "Where It All Begins," and from the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art's collection - "The Preacher III". A third painting, Color of Words IX, also included in this show, is from a private collection.

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Upcoming opening receptions with Wosene at Spirits In Stone Galleries.

Sonoma - June 7th from 4 to 7pm
Sausalito - November 1st from 4 to 7pm

With 15 years of continuous representation of the artist's work in eight galleries, Spirits In Stone carries the largest collection of Wosene paintings in the world. Please browse a selection of works by the artist.

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