Kudjoe Affutu

Kudjoe Affutu bɛ dɔɣi o la yuuni 1985 ni, o nyɛla nucheeni tuun tumdi ŋun be Ghana, ka tuma nyɛla din jendi kum daadaka nim malibu mini binyɛra kpɛbu. O nyɛla bɛ ni daa dɔɣi so yaɣili booni Awutu Bawyiase, din be Central Region, Ghana tingbani ni. Affutu nyɛla ŋun bo yuli nti o maŋ pam Europe tingban ni, ka di nyɛla o tin la nuu pam Europe nucheeni tuma din jendiri o tuma yaɣili maa.

Mamaŋ Lahibali

Bin din gbaai yuuni 2002 hali ni yuuni 2006 puuni, o daa nyɛla ŋun daa bɔhim kum daadaka nim malibu tuma maa la duniya zaa ni mi di baŋdi so yuli ka o booni Paa Joe n be Greater Accra Region la sani. Binshɛɣu din gbaagi yuuni 2007 ni, o nyɛla ŋun tuma daa kuli moori buɣim o dɔɣim tingbani maa ni, ka o maa kum daadaka viɛla mini kuyiya nachiinsi niɛma nima . O nyɛla ŋun niŋ ningbuna ni nucheeni tuun baŋdi bɛ ban shabi nyɛ Ataa Oko, M.S. Bastian and Isabelle L., Saâdane Afif n ti pahi Thomas Demand.

Centre Pompidou coffin, Kudjoe Affutu (2010)

Commissioned works

2011. Africa Pulp figures for M.S. Bastian and Isabelle L.
2010. Sculptures for the museum shop of the Tinguely Museum Basel.
2010. Hummer coffin for the Tinguely Museum Basel.
2010. Pompidou coffin for Saâdane Afif.
2010. Fridge Coffin for Thomas Demand.
2008. Lion-, Nokia-, Red Rooster-coffin for Regula Tschumi.
2007. Africa Pulp figures for M.S. Bastian and Isabelle L.
2006. Sculptures for the museum shop of the Kunstmuseum Berne.

Group exhibitions

2020. Mourning. On Loss and Change, Kunsthalle Hamburg, Hamburg.
2018/19. Unvergessen machen, Museum der Völker, Schwaz, Austria.
2017/19. L'impermanence des choses, Africa Pulps, permanent exhibition in the Musée d'ethnographie de Neuchâtel.^[1]
2017/18. Jambo Africa, Tropical House Wolhusen, Switzerland.
2017. Accra: Portraits of A City, ANO Gallery Accra.
2016/21. Gross. Dinge Deutungen Dimensionen , Museum of Cultures Basle.
2016/18. C'est la vie, Museum of Natural History Berne.
2012/13. Hors-Champs, MMusée d'ethnographie de Neuchâtel.
2011. La carte d’après nature. Matthew Marks Gallery New York.
2011. Fetisch Auto. Ich fahre, also bin ich. Tinguely Museum Basel.
2010/11. La carte d’après nature. A show curated by Thomas Demand in the New Museum of Montecarlo, Villa Paloma. Montecarlo.
2010/11. Ataa Oko Collection de l'art brut, Lausanne. Red Rooster, a collaboration of Ataa Oko with Kudjoe Affutu.

Kundivihira

2014 Regula Tschumi: Concealed Art. The figurative palanquins and coffins of Ghana. Edition Till Schaap, Bern. ISBN 978-3-03828-099-6
2014 Regula Tschumi: The buried treasures of the Ga: Coffin art in Ghana. Edition Till Schaap, Bern, p. 112-117, 231. ISBN 978-3-03828-016-3. 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.
2012/13 Hors-Champs, ed. MEN Musée d'Ethnographie Neuchâtel. Neuchâtel, Atélier PréText, p. 205.
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.

Din tu mibu

↑ 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

[1] 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.

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