Posted on August 8, 2021 by maitredescles - Agenda-en
The french and the english translations of the german book Ataa Oko Addo have been released and can now be ordered at Edition Clandestin or in any bookshop.
The artist Ataa Oko Addo (1919 – 2012) of La in Ghana is seen as a pioneer of the world-famous Ghanaian coffin art. In 2002, after he first met the Swiss ethnologist Regula Tschumi, the former coffin artist, now aged over 80, began to draw. Until his death, Ataa Oko produced a unique body of graphic work, that provides insight into Ghanaian culture and the spiritual world of the artist.
With texts by Sarah Lombardi, Regula Tschumi, Lucienne Peiry and Atta Kwami
Hardcover, 256 pages, 21.5 x 28 cm, ill. 4-colored u. b/w
German ISBN 978-3-907262-04-7
English ISBN 978-3-907262-05-4
French ISBN 978-3-907262-06-1