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Dreams reimangined Painting

Theophilus Tetteh

Ghana

Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Size: 28 W x 36 H x 1 D in

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ABOUT THE ARTWORK

It is a colourful piece depicting a young lady in a red, grey and white striped dress, leaning forwards on the back of a reddish sofa and staring dreamily into a glass mirror that hang on a pink wall. In the mirror is an image of another lady, a seamstress, working on an orange fabric with a sewing machine. In this painting, I want to capture the hopes and dreams of many young girls in Ghana who yearn for vocations and careers but whose dreams and efforts are usually truncated by factors and eventualities beyond their youthful control.

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Acrylic on Canvas

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28 W x 36 H x 1 D in

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In his work, Tetteh condenses the internal sentiments and tensions of his characters and focuses them, using the eyes as the outlet for expression. In this way his subjects become independent bodies, bold and daring. By examining the psychological conditions we as humans are prone to experience, and then exhibiting them through physiological manifestations of that experience, Tetteh’s work is processual in nature, approaching each personality with care and consideration. His experiments are not only in content but in form, colour, and texture, manipulating paint through swift brush strokes and thick impasto. Theophilus Tetteh (b.1991) lives and works in Accra, Ghana. He studied Graphic Design and Painting at Marimus Art School, whilst continuing to experiment with different media. After finding solace in the pictorial possibilities that Expressionism offered, he found figurative paintings most effective in exploring emotive qualities. His figures which often appear static and singular, are in fact dynamic entities of the local culture. Tetteh has participated in solo shows and group projects across Ghana, notably the Kente Design Project for Kejetia Market (Kumasi, 2017) and National Theatre of Ghana (Accra, 2018). He was recently awarded Artist of the Year (2021) by the BE OPEN Foundation and is also a member of the Ghana Association of Visual Artists (GAVA).

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