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Sir John Akomfrah CBE RA (born 4 May 1957 [1]) is a Ghanaian-born British artist, writer, film director, screenwriter, theorist and curator of Ghanaian descent, whose "commitment to a radicalism both of politics and of cinematic form finds expression in all his films".
John Akomfrah is a hugely respected artist and filmmaker, whose works are characterised by their investigations into memory, post-colonialism, temporality and aesthetics and often explore the experiences of migrant diasporas globally.
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.
Apr 13, 2021 · Lisson Gallery is delighted to unveil a series of new and recent works by celebrated artist, filmmaker, lecturer and writer, John Akomfrah. The exhibition includes a new three-screen video installation alongside a series of new photo-text works.
Akomfrah’s ‘photo-text’ ‘Our Skin Is a Monument I’ (2020) refers to the way in which Hollywood film crews would use white actors to calibrate colour levels © Smoking Dogs Films ...
Jun 17, 2021 · Enveloping, enthralling, sublime: Four Nocturnes (2019), the centrepiece of The Unintended Beauty of Disaster, Lisson Gallery’s new show by the British artist John Akomfrah, is part of a...
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Oct 24, 2023 · Our daily immersion in a bombardment of images, in repeated patterns, at a fraught moment in contemporary history, makes the multichannel work of the artist John Akomfrah both familiar and...
