Gallery 1957 is proud to present our annual Accra Cultural Week.
The week of interconnected, intimate and public events serves as a platform for encouraging deeper engagement with Ghana’s vibrant contemporary art scene.
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Accra Cultural Week is coming again this year
24 - 28 October 2024
We look forward to seeing you there!
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EXHIBITIONS
The week kickstarted with the opening of 'The Evil Genius' on Wednesday 13th September. A multi-sensory experience of African music and visual art, the event was curated by Mr Eazi.
The Nigerian musician commissioned thirteen artists to create works in response to the singles from his forthcoming debut solo album. Guests experienced a guided tour of the artworks and an immersive listening party of the songs.___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A private cocktail reception was held on Thursday 14th September for Priscilla Kennedy's solo exhibition ‘A Thousand Disguises’ curated by Tracy Naa Koshie Thompson. Kennedy was the 2022 winner of the 2nd edition of the Yaa Asantewaa Art Prize.
In this exhibition, Priscilla Kennedy expands the ways our bodies are knitted with the bodies of not only fabrics, but geological and historical maps, mythical creatures, data, fables, light etc; in transforming complex notions of identity; requiring us to look beyond the obvious.
The artist approaches her work with such complexity as she weaves different traditions and forms together in order to complicate, disguise, knot and twist how we look at things linearly, especially the body of women in history and art.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Saturday 16th September saw the opening of solo exhibition by Yaw Owusu, 'Everything You Touch is Gold' curated by Azu Nwagbogu.
One of the first artists to work with Gallery 1957, the exhibition comes six years after his solo debut, and sees the artist return to Ghana from New York. The new body of work produced during a 5-month residency with the Gallery comprises a compelling series of coins on wooden panels and canvas, which in their intriguing interplay of colour, texture and abstract patterns call to mind the traditional craftsmanship of Ghanaian kente.
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STUDIO VISITS & ACTIVITIES
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Accra Cultural Week 2023 also included day trips to Cape Coast and several touch points in the artistic ecosystem around the city of Accra.
From La Gallery, Worldfaze, Dikan Center, and dot.ateliers, our guests were given guided tours and the afternoon was topped with a special performance by Serge Attukwei Clottey in and around his studio in Labadi.
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CULTURAL WEEK 2023 HIGLIGHT
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'In and Out of Time'
Curated by Ghanaian-British writer and curator Ekow Eshun
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The opening of a grand group exhibition 'In and Out of Time', curated by Ghanaian-British writer and curator Ekow Eshun took place on Saturday the 16th of September, with a live music performance by SuperJazzClub.
Drawing from the Ghanaian concept of Sankofa - to return to the past in order to move forward - the exhibition explores African cultural notions of non-linear time and brings together both established and emerging contemporary artists from across Africa and the diaspora. The exhibition gathers new artworks from a range of mediums, including painting, collage and moving image. The show introduces artists who are new to Gallery 1957’s roster, such as Tunji Adeniyi-Jones, Malala Andrialavidrazana, Shiraz Bayjoo, Kenturah Davis, Todd Gray, Eric Gyamfi, Julianknxx, Zanele Muholi and Emma Prempeh, as well as returning artists Gideon Appah, Amoako Boafo, Kwesi Botchway, Serge Attukwei Clottey, Tiffanie Delune, Godfried Donkor, Priscilla Kennedy, Yaw Owusu, and Arthur Timothy. -
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Thank you to all who formed a part of fruitful week of connecting though arts and culture in the epicentre of contemporary African art. We look forward to next year, stay tuned for what's to come.
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