Kwame Akoto
| Ein sex anaa gender | male  |
|---|---|
| Country wey e be citizen | Ghana |
| Name wey dem give am | Kwame |
| Family name | Akoto |
| Ein date of birth | 1950 |
| Place dem born am | Kumasi |
| Languages edey speak, rep anaa sign | Twi |
| Ein occupation | artist |
Kwame Akoto (born 1950) be a Ghanaian painter den artist. He dey live insyd Kumasi, Ghana.[1][2][3][4][5]
Early life den career
[edit | edit source]Dem born Akoto insyd Kumasi, wer he get ein elementary den middle school education.[2][6] He show interest insyd art early for ein life insyd wey he study plus two art masters, Addaï den Kobia Amafi.[7] Insyd 1972, he open ein first art workshop wich he name 'Anthony Art Works,' for dedication to de eleventh-century Franciscan friar Anthony of Padua.[8][9] He adopt de name 'Almighty God' after he convert to Christianity.[10][11] He then change de name of ein workshop to Amighty God Art Works.[6][12] Ein religious encounter get significant influence for ein life den work top, especially de moral stances wey dey appear often insyd ein work.[10][13] Ein workshop produce advertisement materials, wey dey include hand-painted film posters, barbershop signs, den salon shop signs.[2][14][15] Na dem include Akoto insyd Ghanaian artist den historian Atta Kwami ein book Kumasi Realism.[16]
Exhibitions
[edit | edit source]Na dem feature Akoto den ein work insyd chaw exhibitions across de world, wey dey include insyd Ghana, Italy, Poland, Netherlands, France, Denmark, Portugal, den de United States.[7][17] Insyd 2022, na he be de subject of a retrospective exhibition at The Fowler Museum at UCLA.[14]
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ Mittman, Asa Simon; Dendle, Peter (2012). The Ashgate Research Companion to Monsters and the Monstrous (in English). Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. ISBN 978-1-4094-0754-6.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Njami, Simon (2007). Africa Remix: Contemporary Art of a Continent (in English). Jacana Media. ISBN 978-1-77009-363-8.
- ↑ African Arts (in English). African Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles. 2008.
- ↑ Arlt, Veit; Arts, Detroit Institute of (2009). Through African Eyes: The European in African Art, 1500 to Present (in English). Detroit Institute of Arts. ISBN 978-0-89558-163-1.
- ↑ UCLA, Fowler Museum at; Berns, Marla (2014). World Arts, Local Lives: The Collections of the Fowler Museum at UCLA (in English). Fowler Museum at UCLA. ISBN 978-0-9847550-6-6.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Spring, Chris (2008-11-22). Angaza Africa: African Art Now (in English). Laurence King Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85669-548-0.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair". Retrieved 2022-06-21.
- ↑ "Collections Online | British Museum". www.britishmuseum.org. Retrieved 2022-04-05.
- ↑ "Kwame Akotot: Almighty God". RAW VISION (in English). Retrieved 2022-04-05.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Salami, Gitti; Visona, Monica Blackmun (2013-12-24). A Companion to Modern African Art (in English). John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1-4443-3837-9.
- ↑ Coping with Evil in Religion and Culture: Case Studies (in English). BRILL. 2008-01-01. ISBN 978-94-012-0537-5.
- ↑ Ryan, Virginia (2004). Strangers in Accra: And Other Stories (in English). Afram Publications (Ghana). ISBN 978-9964-70-373-8.
- ↑ Meyer, Birgit (2013). "Kwame "Almighty" Akoto, The Supernatural Eyes of God". MAVCOR Journal. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 "'How Do You See This World?': The Art of Almighty God | Fowler Museum at UCLA" (in American English). Retrieved 2022-04-05.
- ↑ Drewal, Henry John (2008). Mami Wata: Arts for Water Spirits in Africa and Its Diasporas (in English). Fowler Museum at UCLA. ISBN 978-0-9748729-9-5.
- ↑ KUMASI REALISM, 1951 - 2007: An African Modernism. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. 2014-03-31. ISBN 978-1-84904-087-7.
- ↑ "ALMIGHTY GOD | Kwame Akoto (signs ALMIGHTY GOD), Ghana. PAINTINGS | visit Almighty God 's (Kwame Akoto) gallery for available artworks". www.africancontemporary.com. Retrieved 2022-04-05.