Ephrem Solomon (Ethiopian, Born 1983) The Unknown Lady, 2013 Woodcut And
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- Tiwani Contemporary, 2014
- Exhibited London, Saatchi Gallery, Pangea II: New Art From Africa and Latin America, 2015
- London, Tiwani Contemporary, Ephrem Solomon: Untitled Life, 2014
- Literature Pangaea II: New Art From Africa And Latin America, Publish by Saatchi Gallery, London, 2015, p.145 A Selection of Modern & Contemporary Ghanaian Masterpieces Lots 24 to 39 Over the last three decades, the investor and entrepreneur, Seth Dei, has built up an unparalleled collection of modern and contemporary Ghanaian art
- His modernist residence in Accra, built in 1957, is home to the Dei Centre for the Study of Contemporary African Art
- The collection comprises more than five hundred paintings
- Dei was born in the Gold Coast, then still a British colony
- He moved to the United States aged 16 to study
- He received funding from the Ghanaian government to continue his education first at Columbia, and then at Cornell
- On his graduation, Dei returned to Ghana, where he co-founded Blue Skies, a fresh-fruits company, with British entrepreneur Anthony Pile
- Dei made his first artistic acquisitions as a way of engaging with his Ghanaian heritage and patronising local talent
- In a recent interview, he spoke candidly about the emotional attachment he has for these works
- Of Harry Ageyman’s painting, ‘Feeling the Jam’, he commented: When I look at this painting, it brings back a lot of memories
- I listened to a lot of jazz
- It reminds me of when I graduated from college
- When I was studying in the US, I heard some of the best jazz musicians: John Coltrane, Miles Davis…there is a lot of experimentation with music…it puts me in a good mood
- The following selection are highlights from Seth Dei’s collection, and represent some of the best artistic talents that Ghana has to offer
- Photograph courtesy of Jordi Perdigo Highlights from the Collection of Seth Dei
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