Vincent Akwete Kofi
Vincent Akwete Kofi nyɛla bɛ ni dɔɣi yuuni 1923 ka o daa kani yuuni 1974 ni, o daa nyɛla Ghana artist ni modernist sculpture, ka o nuchee ni tuma ŋɔ nyɛ din jendiri Pan-Africanism mini decolonization. O kpaŋmaŋ ni o tuma daa che ka niribi mi o ni "Ghana's most important sculptor".[1]
Early life and education
[mali niŋ | mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]Vincent Akwete Kofi nyɛla bɛ ni dɔɣi so tinŋ yuli booni Odumasi-Krobo, Ghana tingban ni silimiingoli January bɛɣu pinaayɔbu dali yuuni 1923 ni.[2][3]
O nyɛla ŋun bɔhim o nuuzuɣu baŋsim shikuru yuli booni Achimota College , din daa nyɛ shikuru shɛli din art daa mali yaa West Africa tingbani. [2]
O lan nyɛla ŋun daa lan chaŋ shikuru yuli booni Royal College of Art, London (1952–1955), ka lan chaŋ Columbia University, New York (1959).[4] Lala saha ŋɔ America tingban ni, o daa nyɛla ŋun go n chaŋ yaɣi shɛli bɛ ni mi ni Barnett-Aden Gallery la nti pahi Alonzo Aden ŋun daa kpa lala yaɣili ŋɔ. O daa nyɛla painter Alex Fournier ni peenti so .[5]
Saha shɛli o ni daa be New York, o daa bɔhinla metal casting , ka ŋun daa sɔŋɔ di polo nyɛ Harmon Foundation, produced a film on bronze casting.[2]
Career and experience
[mali niŋ | mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]Kofi Tuma nim daa nyɛla din kuli jeniri Africa mini Europe yaɣa. O daa nyɛla ŋun daa tuugi n tumdi art tuma din jendi dari polo ka o lala tuma nyɛ din daa kuli yɛri gbansabila daadaa bɛhisi.[6]
Kofi di daa ti labina Ghana, o daa nyɛla ŋun leegi chicha n wuhi bikura shikuru yuli booni Winneba Teacher Training College (1961–1969) ka daa nyɛ ŋun nyɛ kpem n zaŋti Fine Art at the College of Art, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Kumasi (1969–1974).
Sculpture nim kamani Awakening Africa, Crucifix ni Blackman's Stoicism zaa nyɛla Kofi ni daa kuli zaŋ o Zaɣa n niŋ shɛli ni ka di jendiri Pan-Africanism mini decolonization yaɣa.[7]
Kofi mini Ghana textile artist ŋun yuli booni Charlotte Hagan ŋun daa nyɛ co-owned nti Kofhag Art Mart gallery and studio la .[8]
Kofi daa nyɛla ŋun be Ghana delegation din daa niŋ First World Festival of Negro Arts, Dakar tingban ni yuuni 1966 mini yuuni 1971 puuni la, o daa nyɛla ŋun kpuɣi naponŋ n chanŋ India tingbani ni at the invitation of the Government.[2]
Influence
[mali niŋ | mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]Felix Eboigbe tuma nyɛla Kofi ni zaŋ shɛli taɣimalisi n niŋ o sculptural dynamism yaɣa ni .[9] El Anatsui daa nyɛla ŋun kpa zaa lɛhiri Kofi tuma ka tumda,n ti pahi shabi kamani Oku Ampofo ni Kofi Antubam, bɛ ni daa zaɣiairi tinduya ni tuma nim tumbu ni ka kuli zaŋla bɛ zuɣu vuli gban sabila tuma polo.[10]
US Government officials nim zilinli zuɣu , Kofi daa nyɛla Ghana artist ŋun daa nyɛ duniya zaa ni mi yuma 1970s polo.[11]
Personal life
[mali niŋ | mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]Kofi paɣa n nyɛ Felicia Korkor Djabatey (before 1946), in Krobo, Kwaebibirem, Eastern, Ghana. Bɛ nyɛla ban dɔɣi bipuɣingi yuli booni Janet Ayerko Kofi.[3][12] Kofi nyɛla ŋun daa kana silimiingoli July bɛɣu pihita ni yini dali yuuni 1974 ni .[2]
External links
[mali niŋ | mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]Kundivihira
- ↑ JEAN, KENNEDY (1992-07-17). NEW CURRENTS ANCIENT RIVERS (in English). Smithsonian. ISBN 978-1-56098-037-7.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Kofi, Vincent Akwete (1923–1974) - Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism (en).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 FamilySearch.org.
- ↑ Palmer, Cornelia Gerda (1990). Johan Mhlanga, a Swazi Wood Sculptor (in English). U. of Calif., Davis. p. 56.
- ↑ Alex Fournier working on portrait of Vincent Kofi - David C. Driskell Papers | David C. Driskell Center - University of Maryland.
- ↑ Picton, John (1998). El Anatsui: A Sculpted History of Africa (in English). Saffron Books in conjunction with the October Gallery. ISBN 978-1-872843-14-8.
- ↑ deGraft-Yankson, Patrique. Vincent Akwete Kofi's 'Crucifix' (en-gb).
- ↑ Cultural Events in Africa (in English). African Studies Centre, University of Cambridge. 1971. p. 2.
- ↑ African Arts: Arts D'Afrique (in English). African Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles. 1977.
- ↑ Akyeampong, Emmanuel Kwaku; Gates (Jr.), Henry Louis (2012-02-02). Dictionary of African Biography (in English). OUP USA. p. 283. ISBN 978-0-19-538207-5.
- ↑ Kaplan, Irving (1971). Area Handbook for Ghana (in English). U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 180.
- ↑ FamilySearch.org.
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