Kudjoe Affutu

Kudjoe Affutu (2007)

Kudjoe Affutu (born 1985) is a Ghanaian fantasy coffin artist. He was born and still lives in Awutu Bawyiase, Central Region, Ghana. Affutu has made a name for himself in Europe by participating in various projects and exhibitions.

Biography

From 2002 to 2006, he trained with the internationally renowned coffin artist Paa Joe in the Greater Accra Region. Since 2007 he has been running his own workshop in the town of his birth, producing figurative coffins and sculptures for Ghanaian funerals, art museums and private collectors. He collaborated among others with Ataa Oko, with the artist couple M.S. Bastian and Isabelle L., with Sâdane Afif and Thomas Demand.

Centre Pompidou coffin, Kudjoe Affutu (2010)

Commissioned works

Group exhibitions

List of references, media

External links

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