Gideon Appah is a master of romance. The Accra-based artist creates landscapes full of atmospheric elements—clouds, stars, expanses of desert—realms that have been described as “primordial” and “post-apocalyptic.” He populates these spaces with contemplative and unknown figures, perfectly poised members of the canvas who hang out or drift through. Appah paints on layered canvases, a technique that sees him coloring from dark to light rather than from light to dark. The result is a muted, strangely disembodied color palette, one that seems to exist somewhere between heaven and earth. In this show, Appah’s recent paintings are on view. —Elena Clavarino