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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 ...
John Akomfrah is no stranger to the Venice Biennale, but this year’s appearance – his third in just under a decade – feels different, he tells me: weightier, with more pressure and expectation. Now tasked with representing the UK, he admits that it ‘feels more urgent and demanding’.
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 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 · View images of the exhibition and selected artworks. John Akomfrah, 'The Unintended Beauty of Disaster' at Lisson Gallery, Lisson Street, London, United Kingdom on 13 Apr–31 Jul 2021.
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.
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Visit. John Akomfrah: Purple (2017) at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, on view through January 2024. John Akomfrah’s Five Murmurations (2021) at the National Museum of African Art, on view October 2023 through 2024.
