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Atta Kwami
1956 – 2021
Painter of Ghanaian colour and kente structure
Landmark is level 2 of 5 in the Ghana Hall of Fame: a first, or the pre-eminent figure of their generation in this country. See how the levels work.
Why they are here
He built paintings out of the grid logic of kente and the colour of Ghanaian buildings, and won the Maria Lassnig Prize shortly before he died.
Atta Kwami was a Ghanaian painter, printmaker, independent art historian and curator, born in September 1956.
His work improvises form and colour drawn from Ghanaian architecture and from strip-woven textiles including Kente, Ewe and Asante cloth. He died in October 2021.
His work improvises form and colour drawn from Ghanaian architecture and from strip-woven textiles including Kente, Ewe and Asante cloth. He died in October 2021.
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