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Title: | From Ghanaian Modernist Painting Genre to Contemporary Functionality: A Spotlight on Samuel Prophask Asamoah |
Authors: | Adom, Dickson Osei, Mavis Adu-Agem, Joe |
Keywords: | Art Criticism Modern Ghanaian Art Contemporary Ghanaian Art Cultural Heritage Development Ghana |
Issue Date: | 2020 |
Publisher: | Journal of Urban Culture Research (Chulalognkorn University) |
Abstract: | This is a biographic study of Samuel Prophask Asamoah, one of Ghana’s remarkable
artists. It was aimed at showing how his philosophy and technique of painting are
influenced by the early Ghanaian modernist painting genre while explaining how his
themes reflected contemporary functionality in Ghana. The Feldman system of criticism guided the scholarly analysis of fve selected paintings of Asamoah to unearth
their contemporary signifcance. Personal interviews with Asamoah, as well as the
intelligent comparison of his works with his contemporaries and other published
scholarly literature, pivoted the intellectual discussions of his skillfully executed
paintings. The discussions revealed that Asamoah’s paintings present the developmental challenges in Ghana and also offer solutions to them. His style of painting
demonstrates that the Ghanaian modernist painting genre still exerts a strong influence on some young artists despite the radical changes seen in the art of the contemporary over the last two decades. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/13309 |
Appears in Collections: | College of Architecture and Planning
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