Fantasy coffin
| Subclass of | coffin  |
|---|
Fantasy coffins or figurative coffins, Dem San dey bell am “FAVs” (fantastic afterlife vehicles) den custom, fantastic, or proverbial coffins (abebuu adekai),[1] be functional coffins wey specialized carpenters dey do am for Greater Accra Region of Ghana. De colorful objects, wey dem dey take develop out of figurative palanquins, no be only coffins but esan be works of art. Dem show dem for de first tym go wider Western public for de exhibition Les Magiciens de la terre insyd for de Musée National d'Art Moderne for Paris for 1989 insyd. De seven coffins dem show for Paris insyd ebe Kana Kwei wey make am (1922–1992) den ein former assistant Paa Joe (b.1947).[2] Since then, dem display coffins wey Kane Kwei do am, ein grand kiddie Eric Adjetey Anang, Paa Joe, Daniel Mensah, Kudjoe Affutu, Theophilus Nii Anum Sowah, Benezate, den oda artists for international art museums den galleries insyd around de world.[3]
Notable artists[edit | edit source]
Kudjoe Affutu[edit | edit source]
Eric Adjetey Anang[edit | edit source]
Paa Joe[edit | edit source]
Eric Kpakpo[edit | edit source]
Daniel "Hello" Mensah[edit | edit source]
Ataa Oko[edit | edit source]
Gallery[edit | edit source]
-
Hen coffin by Kudjoe Affutu, 2008. -
Ataa Oko den Kudjoe Affutu plus Okos red rooster coffin 2009. -
Centre Pompidou coffin, Kudjoe Affutu, 2010.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Alternate Histories of the Abebuu Adekai. Roberta Bonetti, African Arts, Autumn 2010.
- ↑ A Deathbed of a Living Man. A Coffin for the Centre Pompidou. Regula Tschumi in Sâadane Afif (ed.), „Anthologie de l’humour noir“, Paris: Editions Centre Pompidou. 2010. P.56.
- ↑ The buried treasures of the Ga. Coffin art in Ghana. Regula Tschumi. Bern: Benteli 2008, p. 230-31.