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Artsoul Kojo
Artsoul Kojo
Danso Awuah-Asante best known as Artsoul Kojo, is a Ghanaian contemporary artist whose art has gained recognition thanks to his endless cast of characters and personalities; these address a broad spectrum of universal and existential philosophies with childlike appeal. His childlike strokes and elementary shapes recall the simple yet complex imaginations of the human psyche, laying bare the limitless possibilities of how one can perceive the world.
Self-taught, Artsoul Kojo began painting and creating art extensively as a way of coping with his introverted mind. His work fuses aspects of storytelling, abstract poetry combined with an impressionist and pop-art visual look.
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Artist Statement
I am interested in exploring philosophies that bound the universe, the human nature and the existentialism of society.
Contrasting that with my immediate encounters and past reflection on my life, i most often find myself coming up with various alternate narratives that are primarily questioning in their intent.
In order to investigate these concepts visually, I developed a signature character called “the eye witness” – A representative of story tellers that observe and recount these alternate realities.
Osaira Muyale
Africanah.org at 5: We celebrate the 5th anniversary of this magazine with the re-publication of a number of remarkable essays or interviews. September 2014 Rob Perrée interviewed the Aruban Artist Osaira Muyale in her studio. A remarkable meeting.
“I have been looking into my identity for years. From my childhood on until today. I remember that I always felt misplaced, unsafe, insufficient, different, not wanted. I could not understand where I was, or why I was here. I did not know where I belonged to. I felt as if I came with a different purpose in life. I did not understand why and therefore my communication was limited or misunderstood most of the time. I became quiet and speechless.”