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On the first Thursday of every month, all the many galleries on Vyner Street open their doors to a passing trade of endlessly pretty, young bohemian types, hopping from art exhibition to art exhibition, bottle of purchased beer in hand.
The Lady and the Wind (featured) captures the essence of Gabriel Eklou’s light and graceful expressionism. His signature figures, elongated, tapered and elegant, speak a body language that is understood all over the world.
Every roll, dimple, and scar…is a marker of my life…wonderful nights with my lover, late night ice cream parties with my friends, and the birth of my children. — Edeyemi, daughter of Oshun, 52, Executive Assistant – African American
Acclaimed as the pre-eminent neo-impressionist in his native Ghana, Victor Odoi’s oil paintings evoke the fishing villages and market scenes along the coast of Accra, the capital city.
Larry Otoo’s paintings express the relationship between Western and African art, and he refers to himself as “a contemporary traditionalist,” since much of work is inspired by the familiar daily activities of Ghanaian life.
Kobina Nyarko is one of Ghana’s premier young contemporary artists. Born in Takoradi, Ghana, in 1972, much of Nyarko’s recent work explores the symbolism of fish in paintings that feature numerous tiny fish on often large-scale canvases.
Born in India, Madhumati is a highly accomplished artist and musician. She graduated with a first class degree in Fine Art from Visva Bharati University, Santinikentan, in 1998. Her work is now collected around the world.
Ghose, as Peter Ngugi is popularly known, was born in Thika in Kenya. Although he has continued to live in his native country, he is becoming increasing well-known outside of Kenya for his unique style, which he describes as “a fusion of surreal and contemporary art.”
Colorfultimes.com, in partnership with AFRIKART (London), are pleased to announce a 3-day exhibition of world-class contemporary paintings by a selection of artists from India, Sudan, Kenya, Uganda and Ghana in the heart of London’s Covent Garden.
