Ficre Ghebreyesus
Boat, c.2002-07
Acrylic on canvas
14 x 18 inches (35.6 x 45.7 cm)
GL13646
"Ghebreyesus is able to hold in precise tension an equilibrium of pleasure and pain, nurturance and rejection. He is not attempting to convince us of his vessels' existence in real space and time, rather he holds myriad opposing qualities in tension, drawing us near enough to peak our desire to enter into his dreamscape while quietly and constantly deferring our fulfillment"
- Key Jo Lee, in the exhibition catalogue for
POLYCHROMASIA: Selected Paintings by Ficre Ghebreyesus, 2013