#godfrieddonkor

[seunandez]

Gallery 1957, GH.

[supportblackart]

Via @gallery1957: @154artfair is open to the public today! Be sure to visit booth G17 in the West Wing of @somersethouse to see new works from @godfrieddonkor and @afrogallonism, until 8 October 🙌🏾 #supportblackart #gallery1957 #154artfair #sergeattukweiclottey #godfrieddonkor #friezeweek #art #africanart #london #londonart #strand #blackart #artbuyers #artcollector #artsy #africanamazing #africanartcollector #artstagram (at 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair)

[immigrantslenz]

‪"The First Day of the Yam Custom" by @godfrieddonkor ‪Godfried Donkor brings back home one of the very first visual accounts of an important gathering of the Ashanti Kingdom in 1817 by Thomas Edward Bodwich, who is believed to be the conductor of the first Bristled mission to Kumasi (1791 - 1824). When the image of Bodwich's account of what happened during the meeting was created, it was circulated abroad but less was known of it in Africa. So the narrative that was visualized was one that only fit the version of the British mission. In this work, @godfrieddonkor reimagines the narrative by recreating the picture during a residency with @gallery1957 . Curator of the exhibition Koyo Kouoh says "illustrations and drawings of such engagements are containers of culture," and so questions like "What do these accounts imply for the interpretations of African realities and how we regard images of Africa more broadly?" become very important with the regards that these images were widely circulated outside of the continent. .‬ Godfried Donkor will be conversing with curator Koyo Kouoh at @gallery1957 on October 27, 2017. ‪.‬ ‪📷: Nana Osei - 2017‬ ‪.‬ ‪.‬ ‪#gallery1957 #accra #ghana #africa #art #history #illustration #ashanti #bodwich #british #art #reimagine #contemporaryart #firstdayoftheyamcustom #artist #godfrieddonkor #artphotography #everyafrica #artnewsafrica #accrawedey #exhibition‬

[okokoroko]

Godfried Donkor. @gallery1957 September 7, 2017. Photo: Francis Kokoroko @accraphoto 2017 #ghana #hipstamatic #accraphotojournal #godfrieddonkor (at Kempinski Hotel Gold Coast City, Accra Ghana)

[immigrantslenz]

"The First Day of the Yam Festival" by @godfrieddonkor Godfried Donkor brings back home one of the very first visual accounts of an important gathering of the Ashanti Kingdom in 1817 by Thomas Edward Bodwich, who is believed to be the conductor of the first Bristled mission to Kumasi (1791 - 1824). When the image of Bodwich's account of what happened during the meeting was created, it was circulated abroad but less was known of it in Africa. So the narrative that was visualized was one that only fit the version of the British mission. In this work, @godfrieddonkor reimagines the narrative by recreating the picture during a residency with @gallery1957 . Curator of the exhibition Koyo Kouoh says "illustrations and drawings of such engagements are containers of culture," and so questions like "What do these accounts imply for the interpretations of African realities and how we regard images of Africa more broadly?" become very important with the regards that these images were widely circulated outside of the continent. . . 📷: Nana Osei - 2017 . . #gallery1957 #accra #ghana #africa #art #history #illustration #ashanti #bodwich #british #art #reimagine #contemporaryart #firstdayoftheyamcustom #artist #godfrieddonkor #artphotography #everyafrica #artnewsafrica #accrawedey #exhibition (at Gallery 1957)

[immigrantslenz]

"The First Day of the Yam Custom" by @godfrieddonkor at @gallery1957 . Godfried Donkor’s new body of work reimagines an illustration by the 19th century English explorer Thomas Bowdich, now held in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London and thought to be the first recorded image of the visual aesthetic and culture of the Asante region of Ghana. Created in 1818,The First Day of the Yam Custom depicts a procession from the annual Asante yam festival in Kumasi, an event held to mark the first harvest of yams during the autumn season. Sent to West Africa by the Royal African Company – a British commerce corporation – Bowdich was employed to negotiate a treaty with the king of the Asante region: Osei Bonsu. Bowdich’s image, and verbal description of the 1817 procession, was documented in his resulting publication, Mission From Cape Coast Castle to Asantee. . . 📷: Nana Osei - 2017 . . #gallery1957 #Accra #Ghana #Africa #art #firstdayoftheyamcustom #godfrieddonkor #painting #history #asante #british #goldenstool #asantehene #oseibonsu #thomasbowdich #illustration #trade #documentation #streetstyle #artphotography #exhibition (at Gallery 1957)

[we-crazinist]

#Repost @contemporaryartghana (@get_repost) ・・・ Ongoing Solo exhibition by British-Ghanaian artist #GodfriedDonkor curated by #KoyoKouoh (exhibition on until 30 October). #Gallery1957xGalleriaMall #newgallery #westafrican #architecture #contemporaryart (at Gallery 1957)

[we-crazinist]

#Repost @contemporaryartghana (@get_repost) ・・・ On Saturday, the 19th of August opens a remarkable exhibition by the renowned international artist #godfrieddonkor hosted by @gallery1957 in Accra. The artist’s new body of work reimagines an illustration of an Asante yam festival in Kumasi by the 19th century English explorer Thomas Bowdich, now held in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Using installation, painting and collage on board, Donkor will reinterpret this scene on a life-size scale. The exhibition follows the artist’s 4 month residency in Ghana with Gallery 1957. #artinaccra #ghanaarts #newexhibition #contemporaryart (at Gallery 1957)