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Regula Tschumi PhD
Nesslerenweg 114
CH-3084 Wabern

Unless otherwise noted, the reproduction rights to the photos and archive images published on this website are held by Regula Tschumi.

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Tschumi. Thank you!

    Contact / Questions

    Regula Tschumi PhD
    Nesslerenweg 114
    CH-3084 Wabern

    Unless otherwise noted, the reproduction rights to the photos and archive images published on this website are held by Regula Tschumi.

    Minimum requirement for the
    use of a photo is an image source attribution:
    © Regula Tschumi

    Regula Tschumi reserves the right
    to prosecute the unauthorized
    use of an image and, with the help
    of ProLitteris, to pay damages for copyright infringement to demand.

    www.ige.ch

    The availability of an image can
    only be guaranteed upon
    purchase.

    Regula Tschumi reserves the right not to release an image or images depending on the intended use.

    Please send a specimen copy of
    your publication to Regula
    Tschumi. Thank you!

      Selected Art Works

      In collaboration with mainly Ghanaian artists Regula Tschumi has developed various innovative art projects and art works. Many of them were exhibited in important museums and even integrated into museum collections.

      Here a selection of the resulting hand-painted film posters, figurative coffins and sculptures as well as a selection of drawings by the Ghanaian artist Ataa Oko.

      A list of exhibitions under Media.

      Biographical notes on Ataa Oko and other artists with whom R. Tschumi has worked most frequently in the last years under «Artists».

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      • ATAA OKO
      • COFFINS
      • DRAWINGS
      • POSTER
      • SCULPTURES

      Coffin miniatures

      Before Paa Joe moved in 2008 from Nungua to Pombiman, coffin miniatures were only made in his studio by his apprentices. They were allowed to sell their pieces to tourists so that they got some pocket money.

      Ghana

      A coffin for the Centre Pompidou

      The artist Saâdane Afif ordered a coffin in the shape of the Centre Pompidou.

      Ghana

      «Africa Pulps»

      The first group of «Africa Pulps» was created in 2007 after the artist M.S. Bastian had seen some of Kudjoe Affutu’s miniature coffins in the Art Museum Berne.

      Ghana

      Coffin statuettes

      Paa Joe is a master of carving and his coffin statuettes are outstanding.

      Nungua, Ghana

      4 coffins for Venice

      In 2009 Regula Tschumi commissioned for the Biennale Off in Venice four exceptional figurative coffins.

      Switzerland

      Ataa Oko: drawings 2005

      As a former coffin maker, Ataa Oko initially sketched his former figurative works from memory.

      Ataa Oko: drawings from 2002 to 2004

      When Regula Tschumi met Ataa Oko in 2002 in Ghana, he was a 83 years old retired carpenter and figurative coffin artist.

      Ataa Oko: drawings 2006

      Ataa Oko now started to draw not only figurative coffins but also figurative palanquins that he had seen when he was a young man.

      Ataa Oko: drawings 2007

      In the course of this year, Ataa Oko started to draw religious rites and human beings.

      Ataa Oko: drawings 2008

      In 2008 Ataa Oko began to draw a new kind of spiritual beings, and his works now filled with strong colours.

      Ataa Oko: drawings 2009

      In 2009 Ataa Oko transformed his figurative palanquins and coffins into spiritual beings.

      Ataa Oko: drawings 2010

      2010 was a turning point in Ataa Oko’s life, and this was also reflected in his drawings.

      Ataa Oko: World Cup 2010

      When the World Cup in Ghana took place, Ataa Oko documented the events of every day with his drawings.

      Ataa Oko: drawings 2011

      Well over 90 years old, Ataa Oko was still drawing almost every day, but the colouring was now left to his son Kofi.

      Ataa Oko: drawings 2012

      In his last years, Ataa Oko worked closely with his son Kofi, who now painted his drawings with bright colours.

      Ataa Oko: uncoloured drawings 2012

      When Ataa Oko was 93 years old, he had no more strength to colour his big sketches.

      Coffins for the Art Museum Berne

      For the exhibition «Six Feet Under» in the Art Museum Berne Regula Tschumi worked with the coffin artists Paa Joe and Ataa Oko.

      Switzerland

      Elections in Ghana

      Several movie painters were documenting the Ghanaian presidential elections in 2012 and 2016.

      Ghana

      Ghanaian movie posters

      Hand-painted movie posters from Ghana are gaining increasing attention in the international art market.

      Ghana

      Exhibition poster «Hors-Champs»

      On behalf of the Musée d’ethnographie Neuchâtel, Regula Tschumi developed the exhibition poster for «Hors-Champs» with several Ghanaian movie painters.

      Ghana

      Soccer World Cup 2014

      Ghanaians love football and in 2014 their soccer team played in the World Cup in Brazil.

      Ghana

      Promotion for pineapple

      Some advertising posters on paper or on canvas for a pineapple producer in Ghana.

      Ghana

      Artists

      All Ghanaian artists with whom Regula Tschumi has worked up until now were not academically trained, but they completed an apprenticeship in a workshop with a master. As a rule, these artists work on behalf of their customers and respond to their wishes. That is why Regula Tschumi as a client could also intervene and bring in her wishes as well as her criticism. She used to encourage Ataa Oko as well as other painters and sculptors to go new ways and experiment with the materials and colours they use. Especially in the case of the movie painters she asked them to paint from their fantasy and not to copy from already existing images as they normally do.
      Here some biographical notes on the artists with whom Regula Tschumi has worked most frequently in the last years.

      A list of exhibitions under Media.

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      • Coffinartist & Craftsman
      • painter
      • SCULPTOR
      • sketcher

      Ataa Oko

      Ataa Oko (1919-2012) lived as a coffin maker, sculptor and painter in the coastal town La (Labadi) in Ghana.

      La (Labadi), Ghana

      Paa Joe

      Paa Joe (* 1947) is the most famous still living coffin artist of Ghana.

      Pobiman, Ghana

      Kudjoe Affutu

      Kudjoe Affutu, a former apprentice of Paa Joe, is currently the most innovative coffin artist in Ghana.

      Awutu, Central Region, Ghana

      Heavy Jeaurs

      Heavy Jeaurs paints his movie posters exclusively for the international art market.

       

      Teshie, Ghana

      Daniel Anum Jasper

      Daniel Anum Jasper is a sign writer and movie painter who is well known for his excellent hand painted movie posters.

      Teshie, Ghana

      Ebenezer Mensah

      Ebenezer Mensah, with artist name Farkira, is well known for his portrait paintings of celebrities.

      Teshie, Ghana

      Moses Agoe

      Moses Agoe (1985) is well known for his beautiful hand-painted movie posters that he sells not only in Ghana but also to art galleries and collectors outside Ghana.

      Oyibi, Ghana