Kudjoe Affutu (born 1985) is a Ghanaian artist and
figurative coffin and
palanquin builder. He was born and still lives in
Awutu Bawyiase,
Central Region, Ghana. Affutu has made a name for himself in
Europe by participating in various art projects and exhibitions.
Biography
From 2002 to 2006, he trained with the internationally renowned coffin artist
Paa Joe in the
Greater Accra Region. Since 2007 he has been running his own workshop in the town of his birth, producing figurative coffins and sculptures for Ghanaian funerals, art museums and private collectors. He collaborated among others with
Ataa Oko, with the artist couple
M.S. Bastian and Isabelle L., with
Saâdane Afif and
Thomas Demand.
2014 Regula Tschumi: Concealed Art. The figurative palanquins and coffins of Ghana. Edition Till Schaap, Bern.
ISBN978-3-03828-099-6
2014 Regula Tschumi: The buried treasures of the Ga: Coffin art in Ghana. Edition Till Schaap, Bern, p. 112-117, 231.
ISBN978-3-03828-016-3. A revised and updated second edition of "The buried treasures of the Ga", Bern: Benteli 2008.
2013 Regula Tschumi: The Figurative Palanquins of the Ga. History and Significance, in: African Arts, vol. 46, 4, p. 60-73.
2012
Regula Tschumi: Deathbed of a Living Man. A Coffin for the Centre Pompidou, in Eva Huttenlauch (ed): "Another Anthology of Black Humor". MMK Frankfurt, Verlag für Moderne Kunst, p. 88-96.
2011 Tinguely Museum (Hrsg.), Car Fetish. I drive, therefore I am. Ex. Cat. Heidelberg. Kehrer.
2011
Saâdane Afif talks about "Anthologie de l’humour noir" in:
Artforum International. 1000 Words. January 2011, p. 194-197.
2010 A walk in the Park,
Thomas Demand in: Nouveau Musée National de Monaco (Hg.), La carte d’après nature. London: MACK, p. 92-113.
Notes
^The "Africa Pulp" were created on behalf of M.S. Bastian and Isabelle L. by Kudjoe Affutu in collaboration with
Regula Tschumi. She documented the work in: The buried treasures of the Ga. Coffin art in Ghana, p. 112-113.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kudjoe Affutu.
Kudjoe Affutu (born 1985) is a Ghanaian artist and
figurative coffin and
palanquin builder. He was born and still lives in
Awutu Bawyiase,
Central Region, Ghana. Affutu has made a name for himself in
Europe by participating in various art projects and exhibitions.
Biography
From 2002 to 2006, he trained with the internationally renowned coffin artist
Paa Joe in the
Greater Accra Region. Since 2007 he has been running his own workshop in the town of his birth, producing figurative coffins and sculptures for Ghanaian funerals, art museums and private collectors. He collaborated among others with
Ataa Oko, with the artist couple
M.S. Bastian and Isabelle L., with
Saâdane Afif and
Thomas Demand.
2014 Regula Tschumi: Concealed Art. The figurative palanquins and coffins of Ghana. Edition Till Schaap, Bern.
ISBN978-3-03828-099-6
2014 Regula Tschumi: The buried treasures of the Ga: Coffin art in Ghana. Edition Till Schaap, Bern, p. 112-117, 231.
ISBN978-3-03828-016-3. A revised and updated second edition of "The buried treasures of the Ga", Bern: Benteli 2008.
2013 Regula Tschumi: The Figurative Palanquins of the Ga. History and Significance, in: African Arts, vol. 46, 4, p. 60-73.
2012
Regula Tschumi: Deathbed of a Living Man. A Coffin for the Centre Pompidou, in Eva Huttenlauch (ed): "Another Anthology of Black Humor". MMK Frankfurt, Verlag für Moderne Kunst, p. 88-96.
2011 Tinguely Museum (Hrsg.), Car Fetish. I drive, therefore I am. Ex. Cat. Heidelberg. Kehrer.
2011
Saâdane Afif talks about "Anthologie de l’humour noir" in:
Artforum International. 1000 Words. January 2011, p. 194-197.
2010 A walk in the Park,
Thomas Demand in: Nouveau Musée National de Monaco (Hg.), La carte d’après nature. London: MACK, p. 92-113.
Notes
^The "Africa Pulp" were created on behalf of M.S. Bastian and Isabelle L. by Kudjoe Affutu in collaboration with
Regula Tschumi. She documented the work in: The buried treasures of the Ga. Coffin art in Ghana, p. 112-113.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kudjoe Affutu.