Yahoo Web Search

Search results

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

   africa.si.edu › current-exhibitions › john-akomfrah

   • Cached

   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.

2. Images

   • 
   • 
   • 
   • 

   View all

3. www.nga.gov › collection › art-object-pageArt Object Page - National Gallery of Art

   www.nga.gov › collection › art-object-page

   • Cached

   Open today: 10:00 to 5:00 ... John Akomfrah. My Body Is The Monument, 2021. Not on View ... Free Images for Download; Hours: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. daily.

4. www.nytimes.com › 2021/09/01 › artsAn Artist Who Brings Order to Chaos - The New York Times

   www.nytimes.com › 2021/09/01 › arts

   Sep 1, 2021 · Through newsreel and original footage, overlaid with a sound montage, it told of immigrants from Britain’s former colonies arriving here full of hope, only to face police harassment, economic ...

5. platformgallery.org › exhibition › the-last-angel-ofJohn Akomfrah The Last Angel of History - platformgallery.org

   platformgallery.org › exhibition › the-last-angel-of

   • Cached

   PLATFORM centre is pleased to announce a solo exhibition by John Akomfrah (UK) titled The Last Angel of History. Distributed through Icarus Films, the exhibition runs online from 11 June – 17 July, 2021. Currently the gallery is closed due to provincial health regulations.

6. www.smithsonianmag.com › smithsonian-institutionArtist John Akomfrah Is Having a Moment | Smithsonian

   www.smithsonianmag.com › smithsonian-institution

   • Cached

   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...

   • 
   • 
   • 
   • 

7. www.lissongallery.com › exhibitions › john-akomfrahJohn Akomfrah: Five Murmurations | Exhibitions - Lisson Gallery

   www.lissongallery.com › exhibitions › john-akomfrah

   • Cached

   Sep 9, 2021 · Recent tragic incidences and victims of 2020, including Breonna Taylor, George Floyd and 13-year-old Adam Toledo from Chicago, find their moments in Akomfrah’s portal, echoed through imagery of tragedies in art history, such as Andrea Mantegne's Lamentation of Christ (1480).

8. People also ask

   Who is John Akomfrah?

   • Five Murmurations is accompanied by a soundscape that integrates haunting music with the calls of protestors, police recordings, and the final words of George Floyd. John Akomfrah is an internationally acclaimed artist and filmmaker and founding member of the influential Black Audio Film Collective.

   John Akomfrah: Five Murmurations

   africa.si.edu/exhibitions/current-exhibitions/john-akomfrah/

   See all results for this question

   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…

   www.nytimes.com/2021/09/01/arts/design/john-akomfrah.html

   See all results for this question

   How many Murmurations does John Akomfrah want?

   • John Akomfrah said he wants his new work “five murmurations” to engage viewers in a conversation that is “animated for sure, occasionally convivial, occasionally heated.” Adama Jalloh for The New York Times

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

   www.nytimes.com/2021/09/01/arts/design/john-akomfrah.html

   See all results for this question

   When does John Akomfrah 5 Murmurations open?

   • “John Akomfrah: Purple” continues at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C. through January 7, 2024. “John Akomfrah: Five Murmurations” opened October 14 at the National Museum of African Art in Washington, D.C. Its closing date hasn’t been determined.

   Artist John Akomfrah Is Having a Moment | At the Smithsonian

   www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/artist-john-akomfrah-is-having-a-moment-180983116/

   See all results for this question

   What did Akomfrah do?

   • Lina Gopaul, Akomfrah’s long-term collaborator and partner, who was with the collective from the start, said the group “wanted to explore these questions of identity, how race is formed and who fixes it.” As well as making films, the group organized screenings, distributed other artists’ work and put on symposiums.

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

   www.nytimes.com/2021/09/01/arts/design/john-akomfrah.html

   See all results for this question

   Is it a coincidence that Akomfrah was asked to do something?

   • “Nor is it a coincidence that when I was asked to do something I was like, ‘Yes!’” It was in 1982 that Akomfrah, who had moved to the United Kingdom with his family as a child, co-founded the Black Audio Film Collective. One of the collective’s significant early works was the single-channel piece Handsworth Songs, which Akomfrah directed.

   Artist John Akomfrah Is Having a Moment | At the Smithsonian

   www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/artist-john-akomfrah-is-having-a-moment-180983116/

   See all results for this question

9. www.si.edu › exhibitions › john-akomfrah-five-murmurJohn Akomfrah: Five Murmurations - Smithsonian Institution

   www.si.edu › exhibitions › john-akomfrah-five-murmur

   • Cached

   Drawing upon an extensive archive of images that mix iconic works of art with scenes shot and gathered in the globally fraught 18-month period between 2019 and 2021, Five Mumurations considers Akomfrah’s insights into post-colonialism, diasporic experience, and memory.