von ammon co will present a two-person project by Thebe Phetogo and Monsieur Zohore.
Thebe Phetogo will present six paintings, continuing his blackbody Composites series. These works involve groups of human figure in various states of dissolution and dispossession—a salient aspect of Phetogo’s painterly project, which focuses on the diffuse concept of personhood in post-colonial Southern Africa. Rendered mostly in a modeled acid green paint, the artist borrows the null backdrop of a green screen, with most of the figures in a state of digital dissolution. Phetogo carves vignettes out of each scene with sharp passages in colorful oil paint and shoe polish, which alludes specifically to the mutual tradition of Blackface in America (minstrel show) and Africa (The Concert Party).
Ivorian American artist Monsieur Zohore will present three new paper towel workswhich collapse various insoluble notions history into multifaceted, contradictory narratives. The works on view at the fair concern dispossession through an exploration of the heist: whether that which has disappeared be a famous painting, a piece of tribal artwork, a landmark, or even one’s dignity, Zohore’s pictures exclaim their content like anachronistic tabloid pages, sending transmissions both pratfall and melancholy. Hovering above the new pictures are the debut trio of Zohore’s exploration of the piñata as a relational and ephemeral object. With each portraying an outrageous proposition of Blackness—Bill Clinton with his saxophone, Robert Downey Jr. in blackface, or porcelain-white Michael Jackson—each suspended object beckons (by nature) to be bludgeoned into disrepair to deliver its bounty of silver-wrapped candies to the floor.
![blackbody Composite (Two Fluffers) - © Paris Internationale](https://parisinternationale.imgix.net/pages/artfairs/2022/exhibitors/von-ammon-co/blackbody-composite-two-fluffers/f60255a91e-1662165656/untitled-5-min.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&crop=faces%2Centropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=crop&ixlib=php-2.3.0&w=1024&s=034f5685bd0da1cfa3d9293f489fbbb7)
Oil, shoe polish, cold glue and collage on canvas
48⅞ x 59 in.
124 x 150 cm.
![blackbody Composite (Setlhoa) - © Paris Internationale](https://parisinternationale.imgix.net/pages/artfairs/2022/exhibitors/von-ammon-co/blackbody-composite-setlhoa/50819eeab7-1662165553/untitled-2-min.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&crop=faces%2Centropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=crop&ixlib=php-2.3.0&w=1024&s=51ef72a88247b0739cc88303d9a02d10)
Oil, shoe polish, cold glue and collage on canvas
39¾ x 49⅞ in.
101 x 126.8 cm.
![blackbody Composite (Mosupi) - © Paris Internationale](https://parisinternationale.imgix.net/pages/artfairs/2022/exhibitors/von-ammon-co/blackbody-composite-mosupi/e3da447330-1662165285/untitled-1-min.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&crop=faces%2Centropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=crop&ixlib=php-2.3.0&w=1024&s=e27ee3489850884a75536d0f4b2a0cd3)
Oil, shoe polish, cold glue and collage on canvas
47⅞ x 59⅞ in.
121.7 x 152 cm
![blackbody Composite (Untitled) - © Paris Internationale](https://parisinternationale.imgix.net/pages/artfairs/2022/exhibitors/von-ammon-co/blackbody-composite-untitled/dea543c413-1662165131/untitled-3-min.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&crop=faces%2Centropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=crop&ixlib=php-2.3.0&w=1024&s=211ce5da1cb45a9e1b45d7bebc06211f)
Oil, shoe polish and collage on canvas
39⅞ x 49⅞ in.
101.4 x 126.8 cm
![blackbody Composite (auf den Kopf) - © Paris Internationale](https://parisinternationale.imgix.net/pages/artfairs/2022/exhibitors/von-ammon-co/blackbody-composite-auf-den-kopf/d3f6430d84-1662164725/untitled-4-min.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&crop=faces%2Centropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=crop&ixlib=php-2.3.0&w=1024&s=222a1fab0eb40031262058ad376db2c8)
Oil, shoe polish, cold glue and collage on canvas
49⅞ x 39⅞ in.
126.8 x 101.2 cm
![Maritime Crimes, 1633-2022 - © Paris Internationale](https://parisinternationale.imgix.net/pages/artfairs/2022/exhibitors/von-ammon-co/maritime-crimes-1633-2022/0ede268d9a-1664913080/220926_monsieur_zohore_03_001-min.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&crop=faces%2Centropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=crop&ixlib=php-2.3.0&w=1024&s=c92de59595628b3456f455345eb06122)
mixed media on canvas
57 x 44 in.
144.78 x 111.76 cm
![Monsieur Zohore, Divine Comedy, 1850-2022, mixed media on canvas, 42 x 28 inches, 106.68 x 71.12 centimeters - © Paris Internationale](https://parisinternationale.imgix.net/pages/artfairs/2022/exhibitors/von-ammon-co/divine-comedy-1850-2022/2550ae61f6-1664913407/220926_monsieur_zohore_04_001-min.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&crop=faces%2Centropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=crop&ixlib=php-2.3.0&w=1024&s=fe72150156a107ab3b7f13094588966f)
mixed media on canvas
42 x 28 in.
106.68 x 71.12 cm
![Inside Job, 1503-2022 - © Paris Internationale](https://parisinternationale.imgix.net/pages/artfairs/2022/exhibitors/von-ammon-co/inside-job-1503-2022/e67103d981-1664913775/220926_monsieur_zohore_05_001-min.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&crop=faces%2Centropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=crop&ixlib=php-2.3.0&w=1024&s=c8e23af67263a654964b3eb3c38be4f4)
mixed media on canvas
23 x 20 in.
58.42 x 50.8 cm
![White Michael - © Paris Internationale](https://parisinternationale.imgix.net/pages/artfairs/2022/exhibitors/von-ammon-co/white-michael/a137fbf455-1665423282/img_9699edit.jpeg?auto=format%2Ccompress&crop=faces%2Centropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=crop&ixlib=php-2.3.0&w=1024&s=67a6c7c23e664339463ca812f38f1f5b)
mixed media
39 x 12 x 8 in.
99.06 x 30.48 x 20.32 cm
![First Black President - © Paris Internationale](https://parisinternationale.imgix.net/pages/artfairs/2022/exhibitors/von-ammon-co/first-black-president/84eb107464-1665423342/img_9700edit.jpeg?auto=format%2Ccompress&crop=faces%2Centropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=crop&ixlib=php-2.3.0&w=1024&s=470b220c59e7b6c60c4313bfedabb09f)
mixed media
39 x 12 x 8 in.
99.06 x 30.48 x 20.32 cm
![What You Mean You People - © Paris Internationale](https://parisinternationale.imgix.net/pages/artfairs/2022/exhibitors/von-ammon-co/what-you-mean-you-people/84ed74d32b-1665423409/img_9701edit.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&crop=faces%2Centropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=crop&ixlib=php-2.3.0&w=1024&s=632efc908ff4dbbd0008bcde542c71da)
mixed media
39 x 12 x 8 in.
99.06 x 30.48 x 20.32 cm
![Thebe Phetogo, blackbody Rogues' Gallery at von ammon co, reviewed in Washington Post - © Paris Internationale](https://parisinternationale.imgix.net/pages/artfairs/2022/exhibitors/von-ammon-co/c19b117968-1665920907/vonammonco_phebephetogo-1-min-3.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&crop=faces%2Centropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=crop&ixlib=php-2.3.0&w=1024&s=ecd5ed8f6269d8fd04a440219ab51f14)
Thebe Phetogo, blackbody Rogues’ Gallery at von ammon co, reviewed in Washington Post
![Monsieur Zohore, The Last Supper at Baltimore Museum of Art, reviewed in Bmore Art - © Paris Internationale](https://parisinternationale.imgix.net/pages/artfairs/2022/exhibitors/von-ammon-co/646ceaff51-1665921077/2020_mr_zohore_elmanstudio_sm-1568.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&crop=faces%2Centropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=crop&ixlib=php-2.3.0&w=1024&s=16e7a2df3633edeef86976b68e53f466)
Monsieur Zohore, The Last Supper at Baltimore Museum of Art, reviewed in Bmore Art
Thebe Phetogo CV
Monsieur Zohore CV