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The Essential Art of African Textiles: Design Without End
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Atta Kwami (Ghanaian, b.1956)
Kpong, 2006
Relief print on paper; 14 x 9 3/4 in. (35.6 x 24.9 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Janet Lee Kadesky Ruttenberg Fund, in honor of Colta Ives, 2008 (2008.235.5)
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This work is from a series of prints named after Ewe towns in Ghana's Volta Region where weaving is practiced and the artist was raised. The titles "Kpong," "Kpetoe," "Vane," "Tsito," and "Juapong" were selected for their association with textile design as well as their sonorous musical quality. The works explore the upbeat spirit and serenity of Ewe and Akan weaving as embodied in Ghanaian strip woven kente. The lino-cut printing techniques used by Kwami are a composite of relief processes including inks, linoleum, woodcutting tools, rollers, brushes, and acetate.
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