AfroFuture Music Festival, El Wak Stadium, Accra, Ghana, 30 Dec 2023.
“The well-respected Ghanaian artist Ablade Glover has established this famous art scene,”⎯Omanye House⎯” which has become one of the most important art venues in Ghana. Three expansive art floors were exhibited in the cool marble gallery, exhibited by famous artists such as Owusu Ankomah and George Hughes, whose paintings reminiscent of Jean Michel Basquiat, Willem De Kooning, and other painters. It is a new and upcoming artist such as Ebenezer Borlabie. Market, country and urban scenes are full of political satire – of course, Glover himself has caged characters and intermittent crowd scenes.”
“There are also collectors’ works: Asafo logo appliqués and embroidered symbols; Akan and Ewe’s ancient banded knit Kente fabrics; African masks; and finely carved furniture. Also on display are crabs, running shoes and eagle-shaped full-size coffins. Everything is for sale.”
“The Artists Alliance Gallery has been dedicated to bringing attention to traditional and contemporary African art worldwide. The mission of the gallery is to provide art connoisseurs with rich and authentic contemporary art and traditional African art, as well as value-for-money art services. The gallery has invested a great deal of time and energy to ensure that the artists and artworks displayed are made of high-quality materials and craftsmanship to ensure their longevity.” ⎯Artists Alliance Gallery
Art, design and culture of the Islamic world
The Orientalist Paintings collection of the Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia is among the world’s largest. As a pioneer institution of the Islamic world, the museum seeks to reclaim a heritage that reveals much about the Islamic past. An Orientalist painting is more than a work of art, it also provides insight into people, culture and places of a bygone era. The collection is about what European artists might have seen, rather than what they never could; in other words, it is about their personal reactions to the Islamic world influenced by a European perspective. No restrictions to photography during my visit on 7 Oct 2023.
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My portrait of Kezia Agyemanboafo, a local lady, was captured by as I explored the grounds within El Wak Stadium during the AfroFuture Music Festival, held on its last night in Accra, Ghana, 30 Dec 2023. Faced with poor and often fluctuating lighting…
Artificial Intelligence. “What would a machine dream about after seeing the collection of The Museum of Modern Art? For Unsupervised, artist Refik Anadol (b. 1985) uses artificial intelligence to interpret and transform more than 200 years of art at MoMA. Known for his groundbreaking media works and public installations, Anadol has created digital artworks that unfold in real time, continuously generating new and otherworldly forms that envelop viewers in a large-scale installation.”
AI Generated Image
CNNs Fareed Zakaria, Global Public Square (GPS). Refik Anadol, the artist behind MoMA’s AI installation “Unsupervised,” explains how the AI model behind it makes artistic decisions. I watched this interview, was greatly interested, and decided to create a post.
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