Atta Kwami: Publication

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Atta Kwami

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This catalogue is the first monograph on Atta Kwami’s practice. Kwami won the prestigious Maria Lassnig Prize 2021 in partnership with Serpentine to realise this first monograph on his work and a mural commission at Serpentine North Garden, which was presented between 2022-24. The mural originated from a painting that Kwami was reworking in his studio in 2021, shortly before his death.

Richly illustrated, the book features a previously unpublished interview with the artist by Hans Ulrich Obrist alongside new commissions, with a selection of important works from Kwami’s career. Contributors include Melissa Blanchflower, Pamela Clarkson, Clémentine Deliss, Ama Dogbe, Lisa Milroy, Nkgopoleng Moloi and John Picton.

ISBN 978-1-908617-77-4

Serpentine, London

ISBN 978-3-7533-0786-2

Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther und Franz König, Köln

212 x 265 mm

Pages : 144

Edited by

Melissa Blanchflower with Natalia Grabowska

Mark El-khatib studio

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With a career spanning 40 years, Atta Kwami’s (1956 – 2021) practice brought together painting, architecture, sculpture, and education. Born in Accra, Ghana he trained and taught for 20 years at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. Kwami lived primarily in Kumasi and later in Loughborough, UK, keeping a studio in both cities and drawing inspiration for his paintings from both global and local art histories and traditions. His compositions of geometric strips, stripes and grids particularly connect to Northern Ghanaian wall and house painting, street vendor kiosks, commercial sign painting, woven textiles, Ghanaian music, and jazz.

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