In conversation: Larry Ossei-Mensah & Christian Luiten

In conversation: Larry Ossei-Mensah & Christian Luiten

Ahead of the first launch in our new Inner Visions series, we caught up with the project’s curator Larry Ossei-Mensah on Clubhouse in a conversation hosted by Avant Arte co-founder Christian Luiten.

Larry Ossei-Mensah

Larry and Christian discussed how Inner Visions came to be, Larry’s intentions for the project and his thoughts on the three artists involved — Grace Lynne Haynes, Ferrari Sheppard and Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe — and their hand-finished editions. The conversation also touched on Larry’s journey as a self-taught curator and the pair’s shared passion for prints as a valuable extension of an artist’s practice.

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Listen to highlights from the conversation here, then follow the links below to learn more about Inner Visions and the three incredible hand-finished editions that Larry has curated for the series’ first instalment. Inner Visions launches on 17th March at 18:00 GMT.


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