Birds Of Paradise

by ABBENSETTS Prints & Apparel

This work is an extension of my work in photography and experimentation. "Like hallucinations splashed onto paper, the pictures of Guyanese born artist Kwesi Abbensetts seem to abide by no photographic convention, utilizing layered exposures, desaturated hues, and cubist fragmentations to create portraits that seem more like paintings, at times. Abbensetts process relies on waiting, spontaneous inspiration and feelings placing trust in randomness, moments and happenstance instead of trained formalities of art making and practice. Kwesi Abbensetts work is tightly bound to his identity. And consequently his work and subjects become a rendered celebration of his culture and beauty.