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1. www.royalacademy.org.uk › art-artists › nameSir John Akomfrah | Artist | Royal Academy of Arts

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   Artworks. Gallery. CV. 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.

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   Browse Getty Images' premium collection of high-quality, authentic John Akomfrah photos & royalty-free pictures, taken by professional Getty Images photographers. Available in multiple sizes and formats to fit your needs.

4. www.lissongallery.com › artists › john-akomfrahJohn Akomfrah | Artists | Lisson Gallery

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   In 2019 Akomfrah presented Four Nocturnes (2019) in the Ghana Pavilion at the 58th Venice Biennale, a three-channel piece reflecting on the intertwined relationship between humanity’s destruction of the natural world and our of ourselves.

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5. africa.si.edu › current-exhibitions › john-akomfrahJohn Akomfrah: Five Murmurations - National Museum of African Art

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   Five Murmurations is London-based, Ghanaian-born artist John Akomfrah’s response to the global pandemic, murder of George Floyd, and worldwide protests in support of Black Lives Matter. It is a visual essay of our current times.

6. artreview.com › artist › john-akomfrahJohn Akomfrah - ArtReview

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   John Akomfrah. Artist - Black Audio Film Collective cofounder representing the UK in the next Venice Biennale. 33 in 2023

7. www.artnet.com › artists › john-akomfrahJohn Akomfrah - Artnet

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   John Akomfrah is a British artist and filmmaker. View John Akomfrah’s artworks on artnet. Find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. Learn about the artist and see available works for sale.

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   Who is John Akomfrah?

   • 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.

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   When was Akomfrah born?

   • Akomfrah was born on May 4, 1957, in Accra, Ghana. Akomfrah lived there until the age of four with his parents, both of whom were anti-colonial activists. He first garnered attention in 1986 for his directorial work in the documentary mosaic Handsworth Songs.

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   Where did Akomfrah come from?

   • This layered approach defined Akomfrah’s earliest works, made with the Black Audio Film Collective, an artists’ atelier he formed in the early 1980s with six friends while at college in Portsmouth, England.

   John Akomfrah, an Artist Who Brings Order to Chaos - The New York Ti…

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   Why did John Akomfrah wear a ring?

   • LONDON — Shortly before the artist and filmmaker John Akomfrah left Ghana for Britain after a 1966 coup, the nine-year-old-boy had a final encounter with his grandfather, the High Priest of the Akomfrah clan. The venerated old man wore a ring that had passed down through generations, representing the power to bring order to life’s chaos.

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   Where has John Akomfrah been exhibited?

   • John Akomfrah has had solo exhibitions at many institutions worldwide, including the ICA Boston, the New Museum, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, the Barbican Centre, and the Tate Britain.

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   What documentaries did Akomfrah make?

   • Akomfrah's film went on to win the BFI John Grierson Award for Best Documentary. He continued producing documentaries for British television, creating titles such as Dr. Martin Luther King: Days of Hope (1997) and The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong (1999) throughout the 1980s and 1990s.

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9. www.nytimes.com › arts › designAn Artist Who Brings Order to Chaos - The New York Times

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   Sep 1, 2021 · Sept. 1, 2021. LONDON — Shortly before the artist and filmmaker John Akomfrah left Ghana for Britain after a 1966 coup, the nine-year-old-boy had a final encounter with his grandfather, the...