• ARTIST STATEMENT: BRIGHT LAMPTEY• Through my art, I probe, question, critic and celebrate my society. • Borrowing from the vocabulary... Read More
• ARTIST STATEMENT: BRIGHT LAMPTEY
• Through my art, I probe, question, critic and celebrate my society.
• Borrowing from the vocabulary of African motif, batik tradition and textile imagery, I am reinterpreting what I see around me, my art reflects my continuous dialogue and conversation with my society.
I live in a post-colonial Ghana (Africa).
My art questions and search for this post-colonial identity by incorporating African traditional values through a selective use of African motif with deep philosophical meanings. This is my primary source of inspiration.
• I always experiment with various forms of media and materials to create a visual image on the dynamism of life in contemporary Ghana.
• Through my art, I present a poetry of cultural life in contemporary Ghanaian society.
• My portraiture of everyday Ghanaians in oil on canvas captures the ebb and flow of this post-colonial identity. An identity embedded in the search for joy, happiness and the struggle for a dignified humanity.
• As an artist, my hope is to convey a deep sense of optimism as Ghanaians in the post-colonial era struggle for a dignified and meaningful existence.