Kofi Setordji Explained

Kofi Setordji
Birth Name:Kofi Setordji
Birth Place:Ghana
Occupation:Artist
Education:Accra Methodist Secondary School

Kofi Setordji (born 1957) is a multidisciplinary visual artist based in Ghana. His works range from graphic design, textile designing, sculpture and painting.[1] [2] [3]

Education and career

Setordji was born in 1957 in Accra.[4] [5] He attended Methodist Secondary School in Accra after which he trained as a commercial artist. He was an apprentice of Ghanaian cartoonist Ghanatta Yaw Boakye.[6] From 1984 to 1987, Setordji apprenticed with Ghanaian artist and dramatist Saka Acquaye.[5] He started working in sandstone in 1985 and started showing his works in Accra. He has since shown in France, Italy, Denmark, Germany, Austria, South Africa and the United States.

Apart from his artistic practice, Setordji is a mentor to many young contemporary artists practicing in Accra. He founded Arthaus, a residency program for artists.[7] In addition, he is a co-founder and former creative director of Nubuke Foundation, a contemporary art space in Accra.[8] [9] [10]

Notable works

Setordji's most famous art is the Genocide, a multidimensional installation (wood, metal, recycled objects and paint) that he created as a response to the 1994 Rwandan Genocide.[11] [12] [13] [14] [15] The work was made between 1998 and 2000 and comprised about 300 pieces which included a scene of a war tribunal. In the middle sat a judge. On the side were defence and prosecuting lawyers.[16] The work was shown at the 2000 edition of Dakar Biennale.[17]

Setordji's 5-meter high sculpture commissioned by the city of Accra stands in front of the National Theatre of Ghana. The work is titled Entre Amies.[18]

Awards and honours

Setordji won the Leisure Award Sculptor of the Year prize in 1990. In 2018, he received The Rockefeller Foundation's Bellagio Creative Arts Fellowship.[19] [20] Setordji was the subject of a retrospective exhibition at Nubuke Foundation in 2012.

Exhibitions

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kofi Setordji artist profile . 2022-05-29 . ARTZUID . en-US.
  2. Web site: Kofi Setordji - Biography . 2022-05-29 . SMO Contemporary Art . en.
  3. Web site: Kofi Setordji . 29 May 2022 . Nubuke Foundation.
  4. Book: Fall . N'Goné . An Anthology of African Art: The Twentieth Century . Pivin . Jean Loup . 2002 . D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers . 978-1-891024-38-2 . en.
  5. Book: Revue noire . 1999 . Publications Editions Bleu Outremer . fr.
  6. 2014-03-01 . Kofi Setordji: Retrospective, 1997–2012 . African Arts . 47 . 1 . 85–87 . 10.1162/AFAR_r_00125 . 192974398 . 0001-9933.
  7. Book: Council, Ghana Studies . Newsletter . 2008 . Ghana Studies Council . en.
  8. Book: African Business . 2007 . IC Magazines . en.
  9. Web site: Kofi Setordji - Biography . 2022-04-02 . SMO Contemporary Art . en.
  10. Book: Lauer . Helen . Identity Meets Nationality: Voices from the Humanities . Amfo . Nana Aba Appiah . Anderson . Jemima Asabea . 2011 . African Books Collective . 978-9988-647-96-4 . en.
  11. Book: African Arts . 2007 . African Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles . en.
  12. Book: Genocide: Painting, Sculpture Installation : Kofi Setordji : National Museum, Barnes Road, Accra . 1999 . National Museum . en.
  13. Book: Kidenda . Mary Clare . Visual Cultures of Africa . Kriel . Lize . Wagner . Ernst . 2022-04-06 . Waxmann Verlag . 978-3-8309-4523-9 . en.
  14. Book: Gatore, Gilbert . The Past Ahead . 2012-10-04 . Indiana University Press . 978-0-253-00950-0 . en.
  15. Book: Baderoon, Gabeba . Contemporary Commonwealth . 2006 . Council of Trustees of the National Gallery of Victoria . 978-0-7241-0266-2 . en.
  16. Woets . Rhoda . 2010 . Comprehend the Incomprehensible: Kofi Setordji's Travelling Memorial of the Rwanda Genocide . African Arts . 43 . 3 . 52–63 . 10.1162/afar.2010.43.3.52 . 20744863 . 57572395 . 0001-9933.
  17. Silva . Bisi . December 2000 . Dak'Art 2000: The millennium biennale? . Third Text . en . 14 . 53 . 103–106 . 10.1080/09528820108576892 . 147101662 . 0952-8822. free .
  18. Web site: Dickersbach . Safia . Kofi Setordji: The Black Stars of Ghana - Art District . 2022-05-29 . Modern Ghana . en.
  19. Book: Gordon, Mark . Contemporary Europe Art Guide . 2009 . Distributed Art Pub Incorporated . 978-3-7757-2336-7 . en.
  20. Web site: Artforum.com . 2022-05-29 . www.artforum.com . en-US.
  21. Web site: 2019-07-11 . The travelling exhibition "Prête-moi ton rêve" (Lend me Your Dream) opened in Casablanca on June 18, 2019 and closes in Marrakesh in 2020 . 2022-04-02 . Arts Summary . en.
  22. Web site: Momentum . The Art . 2020-12-02 . Kofi Setordji: Telling Our Own Stories . 2022-04-02 . The Art Momentum . en-GB.
  23. Web site: New Threads 10 October - 17 November 2016 - Overview . 2022-04-02 . SMO Contemporary Art . en.
  24. Web site: Africa Screams . 2022-04-02 . Kunsthalle Wien . en-US.
  25. Web site: ArtFacts . Kofi Setordji Artist . 2022-04-02 . ArtFacts . en.

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