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Layered Currents Bloom Together, a drawing by Ruqayyah Osei-Mensah

Work no. 366

Layered Currents Bloom Together

Ruqayyah Osei-Mensah

Created 9 July 2026 at 13:56

Translucent washes of rose, cobalt, and sage accumulate into a chromatic density that picks up the colour field investigations of Helen Frankenthaler, yet here the staining logic is inverted - forms press upward rather than soaking inward, asserting volume through overlap rather than absorption. Ruqayyah Osei-Mensah constructs an image that Deleuze might recognise as pure becoming: no hierarchy of figure over ground survives the confluence.

- Curatorial note, wifärt gallery

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