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Mayne, 38, is a graduate of the Ghanatta College of Art and Design. He completed the work in just five days.
The painting is described as a visceral assemblage of diverse facets of Ghanaian and African sociocultural experiences evoking political, emotional and practically psychoanalytical connections and cut-aways weaving private and public space realities unbound by time .
Singh, 31, said of the donation: This work must be in an Institution, it is a celebration of women, a celebration of Black women, a celebration of hope. It is especially meaningful to donate it to Harvard as that is Amanda Gorman’s Alma Mater.
Harvard University acquires portrait of Amanda Gorman for the permanent collection
Raphael Adjetey Adjei Mayne, Amanda Gorman, 2021. Acrylic on canvas, 175 x 146 cm / 68.9 x 57.5 in. Photo: Courtesy the artist & Destinee Ross-Sutton 2021.
CAMBRIDGE, MASS
.- In time for the celebration of Black History Month/Black Futures Month, Harvard University has acquired a portrait of Inaugural poet Amanda Gorman for their permanent collection.
Rising Ghanaian artist, Raphael Adjetey Adjei Mayne, painted the work inspired by Gormans inaugural poem delivered on January 20th, 2021.
A graduate of the Ghanatta College of Art and Design, Raphael Adjetey Adjei Maynes work is a visceral assemblage of diverse facets of Ghanaian and African sociocultural experiences evoking political, emotional and practically psychoanalytical connections and cut-aways weaving private and public space realities unbound by time.
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