Search results
- His latest work, “five murmurations,” a three-channel film, will show at Lisson Gallery in New York from Sept. 9 through Oct. 16.
www.nytimes.com/2021/09/01/arts/design/john-akomfrah.html
People also ask
Who is John Akomfrah?
How many Murmurations does John Akomfrah want?
What did Akomfrah do?
Why did John Akomfrah wear a ring?
Where did Akomfrah come from?
Why did Akomfrah challenge other artificial distinctions?
Nov 9, 2023 · Now 66, the Royal Academician, who was knighted this year and chosen to represent Britain at the 60th Venice Biennale next spring, returns repeatedly in our conversation to the end of innocence.
- Maya Jaggi
Sep 1, 2021 · Once a Bad Boy, Now a Saint Maker: A nearly fatal car crash led the New Mexican artist Nicholas Herrera to the hospital, to jail and into art.
John Akomfrah The Unintended Beauty of Disaster 13 April – 31 July 2021 67 Lisson Street, London 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.
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.
Sep 9, 2021 · New York, 9 September – 16 October 2021. Since March 2020, the London-based artist and filmmaker John Akomfrah has been working on the longest continuous-running project of his career.
Sep 1, 2021 · 1 September 2021. John Akomfrah’s films have shaken up official narratives around Black identity and imperialism. His latest tries to make sense of life in the pandemic. Akomfrah, now 64, is too modest to call himself a High Priest of cinema.
Apr 17, 2024 · Sir John Akomfrah CBE RA, the artist representing Britain at the 60th Venice Biennale, is on the train one hour behind. We are voyaging to see Arcadia at The Box museum in Plymouth, the last film Akomfrah will unveil before he barricades himself in his production studio until April.
