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Born 1970 Akatsi, Volta Region, Ghana. Known for: Painting.
Born in 1970 at Akatsi in the Volta Region of the Republic of Ghana, Kofi Agorsor is one of Ghana's most inventive and lyrical young painters. After working briefly as a house painter and then a... Read full biography
Born in 1970 at Akatsi in the Volta Region of the Republic of Ghana, Kofi Agorsor is one of Ghana's most inventive and lyrical young painters. After working briefly as a house painter and then a sign-writer, which ignited his interest in art, Agorsor abandoned his studies at the Kpando Technical... Read full biography
Born in 1970 at Akatsi in the Volta Region of the Republic of Ghana, Kofi Agorsor is one of Ghana's most inventive and lyrical young painters. After working briefly as a house painter and then a sign-writer, which ignited his interest in art, Agorsor abandoned his studies at the Kpando Technical Institute to enrol at the Ankle College of Art in Accra, where he obtained a Diploma in Art in 1993. Agorsor's charming paintings succeed in developing a visual language inspired by Ghanian life that is... Read full biography
Born in 1970 at Akatsi in the Volta Region of the Republic of Ghana, Kofi Agorsor is one of Ghana's most inventive and lyrical young painters. After working briefly as a house painter and then a sign-writer, which ignited his interest in art, Agorsor abandoned his studies at the Kpando Technical Institute to enrol at the Ankle College of Art in Accra, where he obtained a Diploma in Art in 1993. Agorsor's charming paintings succeed in developing a visual language inspired by Ghanian life that is inclusive and archetypal without being hackneyed. A strong element of formal design is always present in his work with schematic figures set against geometric areas of colour. Cultural aspects of the work are treated lightly; Agorsor is a painter... Read full biography
Born in 1970 at Akatsi in the Volta Region of the Republic of Ghana, Kofi Agorsor is one of Ghana's most inventive and lyrical young painters. After working briefly as a house painter and then a sign-writer, which ignited his interest in art, Agorsor abandoned his studies at the Kpando Technical Institute to enrol at the Ankle College of Art in Accra, where he obtained a Diploma in Art in 1993. Agorsor's charming paintings succeed in developing a visual language inspired by Ghanian life that is inclusive and archetypal without being hackneyed. A strong element of formal design is always present in his work with schematic figures set against geometric areas of colour. Cultural aspects of the work are treated lightly; Agorsor is a painter who sets out to entertain and there are strong musical parallels in his work. The title of Square Market is in itself suggestive of the... Read full biography
