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Dankyi Mensah, Ahuofie, 2021

Dankyi Mensah Ghana, b. 1978

Ahuofie, 2021
acrylic on canvas
125.4 x 90.5 cm
49 3/8 x 35 5/8 in
Dankyi Mensah is an emerging artists based in Accra, Ghana. He studied at the Ghanatta College of Art and Design, Accra, Ghana in 2001. His majors were painting and graphics...
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Dankyi Mensah is an emerging artists based in Accra, Ghana. He studied at the Ghanatta College of Art and Design, Accra, Ghana in 2001. His majors were painting and graphics design.
His series revolves around the encounter of two cultures: the culture from Ghana and more specifically from the city of Kumasi, in the Ashanti region and the American culture. The series entitled Kumerica takes his name from the combination of the name of the city Kumasi and America. During the lockdown, the artist came across this new trend of mix of cultures and started portraying this Kumerican culture through dressing his subjects into Western style clothes but adding patterns of traditional Ghanese fabric in the back of the painting. Through painting the black skin purple, a color that has been associated with royalty, power and wealth for centuries, the artist wants to add a royal and powerful aspect to his subjects. He also focuses a lot on the eye of the subject and their gaze, to convey a story to the spectator.
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