Mr Poetivist

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By Joshua Donkor
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Dimensions (HxWxD):

30 × 20 × 2 cm

Materials:

Image transfers, graphite and oil paint on board.

Primary Medium:

Oil Painting

Small
2024
Signed on Back
Ready to display
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Portrait of the Ghanaian poet Lemaire James known as Mr Poetivist for his upcoming album of poetry providing social and political commentary on Ghana in 2024. We met in person during his residency in Brighton in 2024 in which he was performing and recording new work around Brighton and London. We collaborated on this portrait which will be used for his upcoming album. In the portrait he is surrounded by newspaper headlines and fragments from political documents relating to some of the ongoing political problems affecting many Ghanaians. They are intended to be a metaphor for the censorship of information and the lack of clarity surrounding many of the situations James discusses within his poetry. This ranges from the lack of safe access to water to the taxpayers funds that have been poured into the Ghanaian national Cathedral. The pose can be interpreted in a number of ways, the hand over his eye plays on the idea of people being blind to the truth but could also be seen a sign of the pain and frustration that Mr Poetivist pours into his art.

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