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Gallery 1957, GH.

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“I am motivated by the double standards of Kenyan life,” he admits. “I just love Nairobi to bits. It has so much to talk about as an artist or creative person. I Iove to document the lives of the Kenyan population.” Michael’s paintings, which are mostly produced from acrylics on canvas look funny and slightly comical and cartoon-ish at first sight. However, underneath the simultaneously oversimplified and exaggerated physical features of his subjects lies a deeper understanding of the complex nuances of public and private social relationships. Each work of art is more than certain to leave his audiences highly engaged in thought, and publicly or mentally deliberating the themes he cheekily addresses. Corruption, socio-political matters, Chinese involvement and interest in Kenyan affairs, the treatment of women sex workers, sex tourism and many other social engagements that he observes in Kenya. @michaelsoistudio is currently in Accra preparing for a collaborative show with @brightackwerh at @gallery1957 on April 12, 2018. The show titled "almost true" will be curated by Dr. @odurofrimpong. . . 📷: Nana Osei - 2018 . . #accra #ghana #africa #art #kenya #nairobi #painting #contemporaryart #exhibition #gallery1957 #michaelsoi #satire #streetstyle #artphotography #ashantiimmigrant #everydayafrica #dynamicafrica #artnewsafrica #accrawedey (at Gallery 1957)

Happy Holidays to all artists and art lovers around the world. 2018 already looking good for the art in Ghana. FCA Ghana's office will be opened again, @iubizzle will be curating an exhibition in Kumasi in February, @afrogallonism will be showing around the world and will be releasing new works, @zohraopoku will be showing in Manhattan in January, @gallery1957 will be exhibiting works from more artists on the continent including @michaelsoistudio + more. Wishing all a prosperous new year! . . 📷: Nana Osei - 2017 . . #accra #kumasi #ghana #africa #art #contemporaryart #artists #gallery1957 #exhibition #afrogallonism #fcaghana #michaelsoi #studio #show #zohraopoku #2018 #newyear #everydayafrica #ashantiimmigrant (at Greater Accra Region)

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)

"Ake Yaaa Heko," an exhibition by @paajoecoffins and @efuasutherland opens at 5:30PM today at @gallery1957. ***** Happy Birthday to @paajoecoffins. It's been great knowing and working w/ him. .. #accra #ghana #africa #exhibition #paajoecoffins #paajoe #akeyaaaheko #efuasutherland #gallery1957 #coffins #performance #contemporaryart #birthday #installation #artnewsafrica #everydayafrica #accrawedey #ashantiimmigrant (at Gallery 1957)

‪"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

Multidisciplinary artist @efuasutherland and @paajoecoffins' collaborative multimedia project "Ake Yaaa Heko" (one does not take it anywhere) exhibition opens tomorrow at @gallery1957. The exhibition opens with a performance by Efua Sutherland. . . 📷: @saimagery . . #accra #ghana #africa #art #contemporaryart #efuasutherland #paajoecoffins #akeyaaaheko #gallery1957 #collaboration #artnewsafrica #artafrica #everydayafrica #accrawedey #ashantiimmigrant (at Greater Accra Region)