Baggage of Life Print

Eugene Mfum, born 1997 in Dunkwa Offin in the Central region of Ghana, is a contemporary Ghanaian artist with an active studio in Takoradi and Kumasi. He is a graduate of Takoradi Technical University. He served as an assistant to renowned Ghanaian artist Mr. Larry Amponsah, who was based in London at Gallery 1957 Kempinski Hotel, the largest gallery’s and hotel in Ghana. He developed the aptitude and Creativity for the execution of everyday contemporary art in various media ranging from wet to dry. He is fascinated by trading. This fascination with commerce in particular has led him to explore different techniques using conventional and unconventional objects and support like round wooden tray to produce Market women– like impressions of varied tonal structures on round wooden tray. With this idea, through my work He is incorporating the wooden tray as a base or substrate for my work. His method of creation is essential to his work. His artworks mainly examines basic economy and capitalist intentionality. His works also revolve around the cultural, political, and economic growth. With every effect from his painting process, he explores the notion of efforts of market women towards the development of the economy. His artistic experiments on creative play in his working process. He likes painting abstract, and neo-impressionism. He is currently exploring more by painting market women on round wooden tray used by market women to display, carry and sell their items. The theme of the painting's is “ Coins of Recognition ”