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Ghanaian Painter Brings 'Whole World Together' in Art
Ghanaian Painter Brings 'Whole World Together' in Art
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Happy International Artist Day! To celebrate this creative day, AfroVerdict host sits down with Maxwell Boadi, a Ghanaian painter to talk about his path to... 25.10.2023, Sputnik Africa
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Ghanaian Painter Brings 'Whole World Together' in Art
Sputnik Africa
Happy International Artist Day! To celebrate this creative day, AfroVerdict host sits down with Maxwell Boadi, a Ghanaian painter to talk about his path to becoming a full-on artist and what his paintings bring to the world.
In Maxwell's paintings you can see abstraction portraying "an African lifestyle", where one can "see the people", "see the movement". Maxwell noticed his drawing abilities thanks to his grade 4 teacher in school, as she was the one to point out his talent. The artist says he was influenced and inspired by Amon Kotei, designer of the coat of arms of Ghana, and Prof. Ablade Glover, a prominent Ghanaian artist. Maxwell remembers how he used to see Amon Kotei come to him in dreams and approve his paintings. He also saw in a dream how Prof Glover asked Maxwell to bring his paintings to the Professor's art gallery. To hear what else the painter had to say, check out the entire episode of the AfroVerdict podcast, brought to you by Sputnik Africa.In addition to the website, you can also catch our episodes on Telegram.► You can also listen to our podcast on Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, Castbox, Pocket Casts, Deezer, Podcast Addict and Afripods.► Check out all the episodes of AfroVerdict.
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Ghanaian Painter Brings 'Whole World Together' in Art
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Happy International Artist Day! To celebrate this creative day, AfroVerdict host sits down with Maxwell Boadi, a Ghanaian painter to talk about his path to becoming a full-on artist and what his paintings bring to the world.
In Maxwell's paintings you can see abstraction portraying "an African lifestyle", where one can "see the people", "see the movement".
"But, what I do is I blend both the African and the European together. I'm trying to bring the whole world together because we are one. So sometimes within the African "look", I try to make it in such a way that it's not going to be a 100% African woman, like a woman carrying a pot, going to fetch water [...] I blend the whole thing together," Maxwell explains.
Maxwell noticed his drawing abilities thanks to his grade 4 teacher in school, as she was the one to point out his talent.
"I realized that my primary four school teacher really fell in love with the gift that is in me. So sometimes when it was time for any form of drawing in the class, she would call me and I would go and draw[.] Sometimes I had to take some [tasks] to the house and draw [them]. So from there all my classmates realized the talent that is in me and I also realized the talent in me," Maxwell recalls.
The artist says he was influenced and inspired by Amon Kotei, designer of the coat of arms of Ghana, and Prof. Ablade Glover, a prominent Ghanaian artist. Maxwell remembers how he used to see Amon Kotei come to him in dreams and approve his paintings. He also saw in a dream how Prof Glover asked Maxwell to bring his paintings to the Professor's art gallery.
"You have to feel the canvas [...] there's some effect. I really love it. But these are the people personally in my dreams I've been seeing and then they influenced me a lot," Maxwell narrates.
To hear what else the painter had to say, check out the entire episode of the AfroVerdict podcast, brought to you by Sputnik Africa.
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