New Perspectives: Contemporary Art from Ghana

Editors:  Elisabeth Prah, Bernard Akoi-Jackson

Foreword: Kobena Mercer

Price: £75.00

Contemporary art from Ghana is dynamic and vibrant. With its art scene today that is constantly evolving, it continues to confound both practitioners and audiences internationally.

New Perspectives: Contemporary Art from Ghana presents reflections on an art scene that is effervescent and multi-faceted. It surveys the work of 60 contemporary artists from across different generations and backgrounds, working in various mediums. The artists’ statements and essays about their work and influences, are supplemented with critical essays by experts on modern and contemporary African art. These essays give a historical overview of Ghanaian contemporary art, and the institutions and art professionals who have helped develop the Ghanaian art world and its infrastructure into what it is today.

Artists featured in the book include Betty Acquah, Dorothy Amenuke, Larry Amponsah, El Anatsui, Gideon Appah, Serge Attukwei Klottey, Fatric Bewong, Amoako Boafo, Ato Delaquis, Ablade Glover, Ibrahim Mahama, Zohra Opoku, Owusu-Ankomah, Araba Opoku, Jeremiah Quarshie, Kofi Setordji, Tracy Naa Koshie Thompson, Rikki Wemega-Kwawu, and many more.

Essays: Bernard Akoi-Jackson, Kwasi Ohene-Ayeh, Rhoda Woets, Elvira Dyangani Ose, Ama de-Graft Aikins, Jelle Bowhuis, Nii Bonney Andrews

Published by Nuvo Publishing in collaboration with Untamed Empire