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Art Studies in Ghana: Whose Responsibility?

“…These cities have become centres for cross-fertilization of ideas and artistic expressions appropriating American icons, and other influences through hairstyles and thought-provoking creative art on trotro, 6 mini-buses, studio backdrops and a wide range of other imaginative compositions depicted in urban street art (Quarcoopome, 2009). Other works that explore these artists and their genres include Chernoff (1977), Kristen (1980), Falgayrettes-Leveau (2003) and Ross (2014aRoss ( /2014b. Recent works of Hess (2006a), Kwami (2003Kwami ( /2012), Labi (2013a), and Woets (2014) have contributed to the studies on Ghana's modern and contemporary art.…”

Art scholarship: An instrument for ‘Making’ and ‘Selling’ creative young Ghanaian artists who engage in ‘proper Ghana art’

“…Such was the case of Kwame Akoto, popularly referred to as 'Almighty' who was fortunate to have pictures of three of his works taken by Christine Kristen in 1978, featured in the popular African Art journal. This later resulted in various extensive studies on his life and works by seasoned art historians such as Doran H. Ross (Ross, 2014).…”

“…The term 'Proper Ghana Art' is a termed coined by Sami Bentil and accepted by attendees of the art forum at the Sound Art Exhibition held on August 28, 2021. The term refers to artistic creations produced with Ghanaian flavor and resonates with the rich Ghanaian cultural heritage in its contents within, and of course, taking cognizance of the global cultural, economic and socio-political ecosystems 3. Ebenezer Nana Bruce is a young Ghanaian mixed media artist in his early twenties who works with graphite/charcoal, acrylic and pastels, a graduate from Ghanatta College of Art and Design, Accra.…”