Farmer Saved by an Angel; Concert painting for the play Some Rivals Are Dangerous by Super Yaw Ofori’s Band
Artist
Mark Anthony
Ghanaian, born 1943
Date1995
MediumAcrylic and/or industrial enamel on plywood board
Dimensions72 × 84 in. (182.9 × 213.4 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LinePurchased with funds from various donors, by exchange
Object number2020.10
On View
On viewPublished ReferencesMichelle Gilbert, “Concert Parties: Paintings and Performance,” Journal of Religion in Africa 28, no. 1 (February 1998), 92, illus. fig. 6.
Sidney Littlefield Kasfir, Contemporary African Art (New York and London: Thames and Hudson, 2000), 33.
Dominique Malaquais, “Exhibit Review: Hollywood Icons, Local Demons,” American Anthropologist 102, no. 4 (2001), 873, illus. fig. 5.
Sidney Littlefield Kasfir, Contemporary African Art, 2nd ed. (New York and London: Thames and Hudson, 2020), 37, illus. (color) fig. 23.
Exhibition HistoryHollywood Icons, Local Demons: Ghanaian Popular Paintings by Mark Anthony, traveling exhibition, curated by Dr. Michelle Gilbert, Trinity College, CT.
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