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Atta Kwami

ATTA KWAMI

Prelude to Mountains Goodman Gallery 16 October–6 December 2024 New York
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Goodman Gallery is pleased to present ‘Prelude to Mountains’, featuring a selection of early works created over almost two decades (1990-2008). The presentation highlights Kwami’s significant contribution to non-Western expressions of modernism and showcases the pivotal moments that shaped his artistic practice — which coalesced painting, printmaking and sculpture through vibrant compositions.

About the Artist

Atta Kwami (b. 1956, Accra, Ghana, d. 2021, UK) was a distinguished artist, art historian and curator, living and working between the UK and his home country, Ghana. His colourful works of vibrant geometric patterns are inspired by a wide range of influences, from Ewe and Assante cloth to jazz, the tradition of mural painting and the design of street kiosks along the roads of West-African towns. Kwami is known for expanding the notions of painting, basing his practice both in the visual world of his native Ghana and in reflections on modernism.

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About the Gallery

Goodman Gallery is an international contemporary art gallery with locations in Johannesburg, Cape Town and London. The gallery represents artists whose work confronts entrenched power structures and inspires social change.

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Goodman Gallery, 23 East 67th Street, Second Floor, New York, NY 10065

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Goodman Gallery contemporary art gallery in Johannesburg
Goodman Gallery
163 Jan Smuts Avenue, Parkwood, Johannesburg, South Africa
+27 117 881 113
http://www.goodman-gallery.com

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