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KOFI AGORSOR THE COLOURS OF LIFE
EXHIBITION NUMBER: M 221 ONLINE SELLING EXHIBITION JULY 1 5 - AUGUST 15, 2022
July 15, 2022 11:00 a.m. onwards IST
August 15, 2022 6:00 p.m. IST
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Front Cover: Lot 10 Pages 2 : Music Cocktail (detail) Back Cover: Lot 13
CONTENTS EXHIBITION GUIDE 6 ABOUT THE ARTIST: KOFI AGORSOR 9 THE COLOURS OF LIFE 11 EXHIBITION LOTS 1- 35 54 INDEX 58 FINANCE AT ARTIANA 60 CONDITIONS OF FIXED PRICE SALE 61 ARTIANA GUARANTEE
KOFI AGORSOR (B.1970)
Kofi Gamamiwosror Agorsor is an African contemporary artist born in 1970. Hailing from a village called Akatsi in the Volta Region of Ghana, he initially studied architecture for two years before pursuing his degree in art from the Accra Ankles College of Art where he graduated in 1993. While training as a musician early in his career, he painted walls to earn a little bit of money. During this time, a client requested for the side of her kiosk to be drawn on. Kofi reluctantly accepted, after her insistence that it did not matter if he did not know how to draw. He painted her wall using signwriting, and the rest was history. So pleased with the result and determined to be a proper artist, Kofi signed up for a three-year art course but ended up staying for eight years intent on learning every artistic medium and emerging every bit of the renaissance artist he wanted to be. In his endeavours, Kofi succeeded in developing a visual language that is truly his own, using symbolism and a vivid colour palette that pays homage to his home region, which inspires most of his paintings. Although Agorsor works predominantly in painting and sculpture, he also has a vibrant musical practice with the eponymous, Agorsor Band fronted by his wife and fellow artist, Nyornuwofia Agorsor.
His music is a great source of inspiration, and his art often reflects the animated dynamics of his group and the energetic subtleties of the collective musicians he has worked with over time. Kofi had come a long way from his first exhibition at a tourist hotel in Accra in 1993. He had since exhibited extensively and participated in group exhibitions and auctions both locally and internationally. Recent notable shows include Peace Splash "The Artist Voice for the Peace of Mother Ghana" (2012); Across the Volta to the Niger (2012); " Munyu Matters Arising"(2011); "3+3: 3 Artist from Denmark, 3 Artists from Ghana", Gallery Gofs, Denmark (2011); "Totobieto ( Into the Depths of Lightness, Darkness, and the Spaces Inbetween)" (2010); "Agorsor in Lusaka", Alliance Francaise, Zambia (2010); "Pause the Pulse - The Portrait of Accra", ACC Galerie, Weimar, Germany (2010); "World Class Contemporary Paintings", The Africa Center, London, UK (2010); FIFA Fineart, South Africa (2010); Rendezvous Exhibitions and Artists Meet, Nubuke Foundation (2009); and "World Class Contemporary Paintings, The Hayloft Courtyards, London, UK (2009) among numerous others. Not only a multi-talented and accomplished artist Kofi also assists in humanitarian missions in his native Ghana, giving back to the community that nurtures and inspires him. The artist lives and works in Accra, Ghana.
THE COLOURS OF LIFE Kofi Agorsor: The Colours of Life is a selling exhibition featuring recent works of Ghanian artist Kofi Agorsor. Centred on the artist's interpretations of the daily lives of people in modernising Ghana, the collection features themes of simple everyday situations, relationships, love, music and camaraderie, encapsulated in humorous and vibrant tableau. These eye-catching masterpieces highlight a unique visual language that showcases an artist comfortably straddling the line between Western and African art, with techniques and medium akin to the Western masterpieces, yet deeply African in its iconography and palette. Likewise, Kofi Agorsor's manner of figuration is his own, distorting shapes and discarding proportions as seen in his figures with tiny heads and elongated bottoms. Also evident in his portrayal of African women and their curves, highlighted through sinuous and exaggerated lines that give a sense of sensuality without being obscene, almost caricaturist in a sense. An acclaimed musician with the Agorsor Band, music plays a significant influence in Kofi's art, both as inspiration and in the technical sense. His clever ways of using colours in his paintings and sculptures translate into layered musical compositions and performances, which gets portrayed later in his canvases. And his innate musicality allows him to capture the vibration and rhythm that lend dynamism and a feeling of movement to his artworks. Although his subjects are deemed archetypal, his faceless figures remain inclusive and universal without being trite. His canvases, either populated or sparsed, showcase the colours and symbolism of the continent that both nurture and inspires him, Africa. In them, lively crowds enjoying music at a party, women at the marketplace hawking their wares, colourful dhuku atop women's heads, lovers, fishmongers, and sophisticated women, all come alive intertwined in witty compositions and depicted in intensely vivid acrylics. Through this series of works with its riotous colours and universal appeal, Kofi brings to his audience the beauty of everyday life and the cornucopia of feelings that we experience along with it, the universality of those emotions and the colourful connections that make life familiar, exciting, and compelling at the same time.
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KOFI AGORSOR (B.1970) In the Mood acrylic on strawboard 13.75 x 9.75 in. (35 x 25 cm.) painted in 2021
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KOFI AGORSOR (B.1970) To the Future acrylic on strawboard 13.75 x 9.75 in. (35 x 25 cm.) painted in 2021
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KOFI AGORSOR (B.1970) To the Party acrylic on strawboard 13.75 x 9.75 in. (35 x 25 cm.) painted in 2021
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KOFI AGORSOR (B.1970) First Ladies at Table acrylic on strawboard 13.75 x 9.75 in. (35 x 25 cm.) painted in 2021
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KOFI AGORSOR (B.1970) Music Cocktail acrylic on canvas 47.25 x 47.25 in. (120 x 120 cm.) painted in 2021
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KOFI AGORSOR (B.1970) I Miss You acrylic on strawboard 13.75 x 9.75 in. (35 x 25 cm.) painted in 2021
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KOFI AGORSOR (B.1970) Music Jam acrylic on strawboard 13.75 x 9.75 in. (35 x 25 cm.) painted in 2021
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KOFI AGORSOR (B.1970) Honeymoon acrylic on strawboard 13.75 x 9.75 in. (35 x 25 cm.) painted in 2021
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KOFI AGORSOR (B.1970) They Love Me acrylic on strawboard 11.75 x 9.5 in. (30 x 24 cm.) painted in 2016
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KOFI AGORSOR (B.1970) Special Cocktail acrylic on canvas 45.5 x 45.5 in. (116 x 116 cm.) painted in 2020
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KOFI AGORSOR (B.1970) He Likes One of Us acrylic on strawboard 13.75 x 9.75 in. (35 x 25 cm.) painted in 2021
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KOFI AGORSOR (B.1970) Let Me Tell You Something acrylic on strawboard 13.75 x 9.75 in. (35 x 25 cm.) painted in 2021
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KOFI AGORSOR (B.1970) The Dance acrylic on strawboard 13.75 x 9.75 in. (35 x 25 cm.) painted in 2021
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KOFI AGORSOR (B.1970) Pineapple, Apple and Guava acrylic on strawboard 13.75 x 9.75 in. (35 x 25 cm.) painted in 2021
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KOFI AGORSOR (B.1970) Can I Have a Minute With You acrylic on canvas 47.25 x 47.25 in. (120 x 120 cm.) painted in 2021
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KOFI AGORSOR (B.1970) Just Thought of You acrylic on strawboard 13.75 x 9.75 in. (35 x 25 cm.) painted in 2022
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KOFI AGORSOR (B.1970) Let's Go For A Walk acrylic on strawboard 13.75 x 9.75 in. (35 x 25 cm.) painted in 2021
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KOFI AGORSOR (B.1970) Water acrylic on strawboard 13.75 x 9.75 in. (35 x 25 cm.) painted in 2021
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KOFI AGORSOR (B.1970) Only Two Left acrylic on strawboard 13.75 x 9.75 in. (35 x 25 cm.) painted in 2021
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KOFI AGORSOR (B.1970) Sound Minds acrylic on canvas 47.25 x 47.25 in. (120 x 120 cm.) painted in 2020
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KOFI AGORSOR (B.1970) My Love acrylic on strawboard 13.75 x 9.75 in. (35 x 25 cm.) painted in 2021
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KOFI AGORSOR (B.1970) The Meeting acrylic on strawboard 13.75 x 9.75 in. (35 x 25 cm.) painted in 2021
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KOFI AGORSOR (B.1970) Waiting for the Fishermen acrylic on strawboard 13.75 x 9.75 in. (35 x 25 cm.) painted in 2021
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KOFI AGORSOR (B.1970) Pleased to Meet You acrylic on strawboard 13.75 x 9.75 in. (35 x 25 cm.) painted in 2021
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KOFI AGORSOR (B.1970) Dance and Geometry acrylic on canvas 48.25 x 60.25 in. (123 x 153 cm.) painted in 2018
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KOFI AGORSOR (B.1970) I Care So Much About You acrylic on strawboard 13.75 x 9.75 in. (35 x 25 cm.) painted in 2021
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KOFI AGORSOR (B.1970) Music and Wine acrylic on strawboard 13.75 x 9.75 in. (35 x 25 cm.) painted in 2021
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KOFI AGORSOR (B.1970) I Meant What I Said acrylic on strawboard 13.75 x 9.75 in. (35 x 25 cm.) painted in 2021
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KOFI AGORSOR (B.1970) My Wedding Day acrylic on strawboard 13.75 x 9.75 in. (35 x 25 cm.) painted in 2021
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KOFI AGORSOR (B.1970) Lovers Cocktail acrylic on canvas 47.25 x 47.25 in. (120 x 120 cm.) painted in 2021
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KOFI AGORSOR (B.1970) Business acrylic on strawboard 13.75 x 9.75 in. (35 x 25 cm.) painted in 2021
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KOFI AGORSOR (B.1970) Welcome Home acrylic on strawboard 13.75 x 9.75 in. (35 x 25 cm.) painted in 2021
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KOFI AGORSOR (B.1970) Tasting acrylic on strawboard 13.75 x 9.75 in. (35 x 25 cm.) painted in 2021
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KOFI AGORSOR (B.1970) Jazz Women acrylic on strawboard 13.75 x 9.75 in. (35 x 25 cm.) painted in 2021
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KOFI AGORSOR (B.1970) Plain White acrylic on canvas 47.25 x 47.25 in. (120 x 120 cm.) painted in 2021
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IN THE MOOD
TO THE FUTURE
TO THE PARTY
PG 12
PG 13
PG 14
FIRST LADIES AT TABLE
MUSIC COCKTAIL
I MISS YOU
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PG 16
PG 18
MUSIC JAM PG 19
HONEYMOON PG 20
THEY LOVE ME PG 21
SPECIAL COCKTAIL
HE LIKES ONE OF US
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PG 24
THE DANCE
LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING PG 25
PG 26
PINEAPPLE, APPLE AND GUAVA PG 27
CAN I HAVE A MINUTE WITH YOU PG 28
JUST THOUGHT OF YOU PG 30
LET'S GO FOR A WALK PG 31
WATER PG 32
ONLY TWO LEFT PG 33
SOUND MINDS PG 34
MY LOVE PG 36
WAITING FOR THE FISHERMEN PG 38
PLEASED TO MEET YOU
DANCE AND GEOMETRY
PG 39
PG 41
THE MEETING PG 37
I CARE SO MUCH ABOUT YOU PG 42
MUSIC AND WINE
I MEANT WHAT I SAID
MY WEDDING DAY
PG 43
PG 44
PG 45
LOVERS COCKTAIL
BUSINESS
WELCOME HOME
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PG 48
PG 49
TASTING
JAZZ WOMEN
PLAIN WHITE
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PG 51
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