Transforming Art from Commodity to Gift: kąrî’kạchä seid'ou's Silent Revolution in the Kumasi College of Art

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May 03 2021 Transforming Art from Commodity to Gift: kąrî’kạchä seid'ou's Silent Revolution in the Kumasi College of Art Edwin Bodjawah, Edwin Bodjawah Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Kwaku Boafo Kissiedu (Castro), Kwaku Boafo Kissiedu (Castro) Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar George Ampratwum (Buma), George Ampratwum (Buma) Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Kwasi Ohene-Ayeh, Kwasi Ohene-Ayeh Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Dorothy Amenuke, Dorothy Amenuke Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Michael Adashie, Michael Adashie Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Ibrahim Mahama, Ibrahim Mahama Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Adjo Kisser, Adjo Kisser Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Billie McTernan, Billie McTernan Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Bernard Akoi-Jackson, Bernard Akoi-Jackson Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Kezia Owusu-Ankomah, Kezia Owusu-Ankomah Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Selom Kujie, Selom Kujie Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Robin Riskin, Robin Riskin Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Tracy Naa Koshie Thompson Tracy Naa Koshie Thompson Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Edwin Bodjawah Kwaku Boafo Kissiedu (Castro) George Ampratwum (Buma) Kwasi Ohene-Ayeh Dorothy Amenuke Michael Adashie Ibrahim Mahama Adjo Kisser Billie McTernan Bernard Akoi-Jackson Kezia Owusu-Ankomah Selom Kujie Robin Riskin Tracy Naa Koshie Thompson Online Issn: 1937-2108 Print Issn: 0001-9933 © 2021 by the Regents of the University of California2021Regents of the University of California African Arts (2021) 54 (2): 22–35. https://doi.org/10.1162/afar_a_00581 Cite Icon Cite Permissions Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Search Site Citation Edwin Bodjawah, Kwaku Boafo Kissiedu (Castro), George Ampratwum (Buma), Kwasi Ohene-Ayeh, Dorothy Amenuke, Michael Adashie, Ibrahim Mahama, Adjo Kisser, Billie McTernan, Bernard Akoi-Jackson, Kezia Owusu-Ankomah, Selom Kujie, Robin Riskin, Tracy Naa Koshie Thompson; Transforming Art from Commodity to Gift: kąrî’kạchä seid'ou's Silent Revolution in the Kumasi College of Art. African Arts 2021; 54 (2): 22–35. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/afar_a_00581 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter All ContentAll JournalsAfrican Arts Search Advanced Search It was in Kumasi that most of Ghana's significant artists and curators of the millennial generation and their cotravellers had their epiphany. Bernard Akoi-Jackson, Adwoa Amoah, Ibrahim Mahama, Rita Fatric Bewong, Kelvin Haizel, Selasi Awusi Sosu, Robin Riskin, Kwasi Ohene-Ayeh (IUB), Gideon Appah, Larry Amponsah, Jeremiah Quarshie, Adjo Kisser, Patrick Tagoe-Turkson, Patrick Quarm, Yaw Owusu, Bright Ackwerh, Tracy Naa Koshie Thompson, Benjamin Okantey, Issah Alhassan, Emmanuel Opoku Manu, Priscilla Kennedy, the Asafo Black Collective, and Vabene Elikem Fiatsi (crazinisT artisT) are a few examples. The list is still growing, the range of interests, formats, media, and attitudes is ever expanding; their influence is being felt in Ghana's capital cities and international circuits of contemporary art. More women and cultural and ethnic minorities are beginning to take their place in the unfolding ethos.1... © 2021 by the Regents of the University of California2021Regents of the University of California You do not currently have access to this content.