Frédéric Bruly Bouabré at Ethan Cohen Gallery

Simultaneously with the Museum of Modern Art, Ethan Cohen Gallery presents a solo exhibition of the world-renowned African Ivorian artist Frédéric Bruly Bouabré (1923 – 2014). Glenn Lowry, the director of MoMA, calls Bouabré “one of the most accomplished African artists of the last century” in the introduction to the Museum's 'survey show' that tracks the chronological arc of Bouabré's 40-year artistic career beginning roughly in 1980. Thus the MoMA show, by necessity, focuses preponderantly on earlier decades. The Ethan Cohen Gallery show, composed of pieces from the gallerist's private collection, presents more contemporary works from well into the new century when Bouabré had full control of his style and purpose.