Transfiguration #5

by ABBENSETTS Prints & Apparel

Work created as personal exercise in photography and experimental portraiture. This work is an extension of my work in photography and experimentation. Kwesi Abbensetts is a renowned contemporary photographer, painter, and filmmaker. Abbensetts has won various awards including the NYFA Artist Fellowship, Darryl Foundation Emergency Grant, Third Horizon Film Festival Artist Award and Film Africa Artwork Competition. Abbensetts has exhibited at the Mocada Museum, Reginald F. Museum, Timehri Film Festival, Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute and many other exhibition spaces. A maker of bold and raw artworks, Abbensetts draws inspiration from various cultural references and heritage. Kwesi Abbensetts works seem to abide by no convention, utilizing layered exposures, de-saturated hues, and fragmentation to create works that are otherworldly and spirited. His work is a sexy melding of colors and layered textures that feel like visionary environments, influenced by the colors of the Caribbean and Space. Abbensetts' process relies on waiting, spontaneous inspiration and feelings that place trust in randomness, moments and happenstance. Abbensetts work is tightly bound to his identity and consequently his work and subjects become a rendered celebration of his culture and the beauty.