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Maria Lassnig Prize is awarded to UK-based Ghanaian artist Atta Kwami

Atta Kwami Public Art Commission: Maria Lassnig Foundation x Serpentine Galleries Monograph publication and a public art commission will be launched in 2022 The Maria Lassnig Foundation and the Serpentine Galleries are delighted to announce that the 2021 Maria Lassnig Prize is awarded to UK-based Ghanaian artist Atta Kwami

The Maria Lassnig Prize is awarded biennially to a mid-career artist in association with an international institutional partner. Atta Kwami is the third artist to be granted the Maria Lassnig Prize, following Cathy Wilkes, in partnership with MoMA PS1 (2017), and Sheela Gowda, in partnership with Lenbachhaus, Munich (2019).The artist will receive a major grant of 50,000 euros and a project with Serpentine Galleries, the institutional partner for the 2021 Maria Lassnig Prize.

The Serpentine Galleries presented a solo exhibition of Lassnig’s work in 2008. Kwami was selected by a jury comprising the Serpentine Galleries, the Maria Lassnig Foundation, the former partnering institution Lenbachhaus and the artist Albert Oehlen.

http://www.marialassnig.org/news/#a674

Atta Kwami

Atta Kwami (b. Accra, 1956) is a painter, printmaker, art historian and independent curator based in Loughborough, UK. Kwami is known for paintings, murals and kiosk-sculptures that are conceived as expanded three-dimensional paintings, incorporating his signature use of colour and abstract painting style. His works play with the colour and form improvisations that are distinctive of Ghanaian architecture and African strip-woven textiles, especially kente, made famous by his culture the Ewe and Asante of Ghana.Kwami is part of the forthcoming Folkestone Triennial 2020 (postponed to 2021) and is designing a triptych of large stained-glass windows for the new Ghana National Cathedral in Accra designed by Sir David Adjaye OBE.

http://attakwami.com/

http://attakwami.com/

Atta Kwami’s project with Serpentine – a comprehensive monograph publication and a public art commission – will be launched in 2022.

https://www.serpentinegalleries.org/whats-on/atta-kwami-maria-lassnig/?fbclid=IwAR0WWMNO_jErxMtsxuyhyP85BpJHdwq_yePV_z1QWsxOXP5QoSOW6EQt4Xk

http://attakwami.com/