1952 onwards · Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi · Ghana
Kumasi College of Art (KNUST)
The movement
Kumasi College of Art (KNUST)
1952 onwards · Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi · Ghana
The art school that moved from Achimota to Kumasi in 1952 and became the College of Art of KNUST, Ghana's main school of art. Its teachers and students built a modern Ghanaian art on Akan symbols, textiles and craft.
What to look for
Adinkra symbols and kente pattern; sculpture in wood and cement; carefully made objects; later, experimental installation.
Masters of the school
- Vincent Kofi reference ↗
- Kofi Antubam reference ↗
- Grace Salome Kwami reference ↗
- Ablade Glover reference ↗
- El Anatsui reference ↗
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