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Maker:
Godfried Donkor, born 1964, Ghana  Search this
Medium:
Photocopy, acrylic paint, and ink on bristol board
Dimensions:
H x W: 84.2 x 59.5 cm (33 1/8 x 23 7/16 in.)
Type:
Drawing and Collage
Geography:
Ghana
Date:
1990
Label Text:
Artist Godfried Donkor juxtaposes incongruous images in his collages as a means of scrutinizing the ideas surrounding globalization, history, capitalism, and faith. As a Ghanaian artist based in London, Donkor has experienced the misunderstandings that emerge when cultures collide. With Madonna and Child, the artist has Africanized a familiar Christian subject by depicting an anonymous African woman, embellished with beaded jewelry, holding her child.
Description:
Collage featuring a woman, with a depiction of a halo, and child framed by patterns and texturized painting.
Exhibition History:
African Mosaic: Selections from the Permanent Collection, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., November 19, 2013–August 12, 2019 (installed May 5, 2014-April 7, 2016)
Body of Evidence-Rotation 1, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., June 14-October 15, 2006
Encounters with the Contemporary, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., January 7, 2001-January 6, 2002
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High resolution digital images are not available for some objects. For publication quality photography and permissions, please contact the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives at https://africa.si.edu/research/eliot-elisofon-photographic-archives/
Topic:
mother and child  Search this
Credit Line:
Purchased with funds provided by the Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program
Object number:
96-21-1
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
Copyright:
© 1990 Godfried Donkor
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Data Source:
National Museum of African Art
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ys71aef4020-c37e-4a20-b1be-c5942ce73497
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmafa_96-21-1