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John Akomfrah, still frame from 'Purple' 2017
Jan 14, 2017 · John Akomfrah is a ground-breaking British artist and filmmaker of Ghanaian descent who brings to the fore questions of race and post-colonial identity in his installations and films. Presented to coincide with Black History Month in February 2017, his acclaimed film The Last Angel of History (1996) introduces audiences to the “data thief ...
British artist and filmmaker, John Akomfrah, is the 2017 winner of the Welsh-based Artist Mundi prize. Artes Mundi is an international biennial contemporary art exhibition and prize, held in Wales....
We would like to congratulate Sir John Akomfrah on receiving a knighthood in the New Year’s Honours List for his services to the Arts. Sir John Akomfrah was the winner of Artes Mundi 7 in 2017...
2017. Korea, Seoul, Seoul Museum of Art. Tate Modern Display: John Akomfrah. 2017. UK, London, Tate Modern. The British Council Collection has 8500 works of modern and contemporary British art: painting, sculpture, photography, video, graphics, ceramics and new media.
Sep 2, 2019 · Co-commissioned by the ICA and making its U.S. premiere at the ICA Watershed, Purple is an immersive six-channel video installation by the acclaimed artist and filmmaker John Akomfrah (b. 1957, Accra, Ghana).
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John Akomfrah is a widely respected artist and filmmaker, whose works are characterised by their investigations into memory, postcolonialism, temporality and aesthetics and often explores the experiences of migrant diasporas globally.
