The term “morphing” is used in animation to describe the process of gradually transforming a sourced image, appearance, or form into another. This term amply reflects the state of contemporary painting in Ghana since her independence in 1957. The few published texts on modern and contemporary Ghanaian artistic developments have established at least three generations of contemporary Ghanaian artists and the periodization of their works. The notion of style has been used as the main method of classifying their artistic productions in response to these transformations. As a result, Maruska Svašek posits that, “In the history of Ghanaian artistic production … various individuals and groups have utilized the notion of style in order to present their arts as an expression of their ‘natural’ identity” (1997: 2). She suggests a seamless synergy between style and identity. The notion of identity and style in contemporary Ghanaian painting in this instance portends a...
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Elijah Sofo is an artist and lecturer at the Department of Industrial Painting and Design, Takoradi Technical University (TTU), Takoradi. He is a PhD candidate at the Department of Painting and Sculpture, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, and an artist in residence at the El Anatsui experimental studio in Takoradi. His research focuses on modern and contemporary artistic development in Sekondi-Takoradi. [email protected]
Edinam Kakra Avoke is a senior lecturer at the Department of Art Education, University of Education, Winneba. She holds a PhD in Art Education from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. As a lecturer, she is interested in using the various processes and materials in Art through creative expression to explore emotions and work on children's social skills. [email protected]
Edwin K. Bodjawah is an associate professor in the Department of Painting and Sculpture, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi. He is a co-founder and principal trustee of blaxTARLINES-the incubator and project space for contemporary art affiliated with the Department. He has an active studio and researches into serial reproduction of African mask forms and statuary through repurposing of decommissioned industrial materials. He is currently head of the Department of Painting and Sculpture and the KNUST Museum. [email protected]
Elijah Sofo is an artist and lecturer at the Department of Industrial Painting and Design, Takoradi Technical University (TTU), Takoradi. He is a PhD candidate at the Department of Painting and Sculpture, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, and an artist in residence at the El Anatsui experimental studio in Takoradi. His research focuses on modern and contemporary artistic development in Sekondi-Takoradi. [email protected]
Edinam Kakra Avoke is a senior lecturer at the Department of Art Education, University of Education, Winneba. She holds a PhD in Art Education from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. As a lecturer, she is interested in using the various processes and materials in Art through creative expression to explore emotions and work on children's social skills. [email protected]
Edwin K. Bodjawah is an associate professor in the Department of Painting and Sculpture, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi. He is a co-founder and principal trustee of blaxTARLINES-the incubator and project space for contemporary art affiliated with the Department. He has an active studio and researches into serial reproduction of African mask forms and statuary through repurposing of decommissioned industrial materials. He is currently head of the Department of Painting and Sculpture and the KNUST Museum. [email protected]
Elijah Sofo, Edinam Kakra Avoke, Edwin K. Bodjawah; Morphing Identity and Style in Contemporary Ghanaian Painting: Two Artists From Sekondi-Takoradi. African Arts 2023; 56 (4): 42–61. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/afar_a_00729
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