JUDE LARTEY: LAND OF THE MOREES
CURATED BY CHANTEL AKWORKOR THOMPSON
1st August , 2024 – 12th August, 2024
La Foundation for the Arts
144 La Road, Accra
Ghana
La Foundation for the Arts is proud to be announcing the launch of their YOUNG ARTISTS SERIES, which will be marked by the opening of Land of The Morees, a solo exhibition by image-maker Jude Lartey.
The series awards a promising Ghanaian artist, 25 years or under, their debut solo exhibition at La Foundation for The Arts’ gallery and showcase space in Accra. The initiative came about as a way to provide a launching pad for the exceptional talents we have in Ghana, who feel forced to seek opportunities abroad due to a perceived lack of support and infrastructure.
“Exhibiting an ongoing photo documentary project which began in 2022, Jude Lartey, who describes himself as an image maker will become the first recipient of the YOUNG ARTIST SERIES. He is one of many creatives throughout Ghana who has been scouted by numerous agencies abroad and has had many opportunities to contribute his voice to the growing canon of contemporary photography produced in Africa, and more specifically Ghana, which seems to be leading the charge on what some have called an African Renaissance”. – Chantel Akworkor Thompson
The exhibition will hopefully help provide Ghanaians more hope that there are avenues to have their voices heard and their creative talents nurtured and rewarded in the country.
The photo-documentary series, Land of the Morees, was selected by La Foundation’s director london-born curator Chantel Akworkor Thompson due to the reverence with which it depicts Moree: a coastal fishing village in the Fante region of Ghana – described by Nana Owiredu Apreko I, Dabieben of Asebu, (who writes the introduction to this exhibition), as the epicentre of fishing in West Africa.
She also believes that the collection perfectly demonstrates how artists in Ghana can contribute to history making and the preservation of culture and traditions through their art making. Noting the success and international reception of the work, which has already been profiled in publications such as NOWNESS, Vogue Photo, Blanc Magazine | New York NY and gained him recognition by LensCulture, being named a finalist of their Portrait of the Year award 2024, she is confident that the exhibition will be a great inspiration for young , up and coming photographers in Ghana.
The exhibition will run from Thursday August 1st, 2024 – Thursday 12th August at La Foundation’s exhibition space, located beneath Suncity Apartments, 144 La Road, Accra, Ghana.
Land of the Morees has been generously supported by Spectrum Photo, an imaging lab in The UK, who have printed the photos for the exhibition. In addition to this Mixam, a leading online printing platform, have donated the printing of 50 catalogues. Those feature a critical essay by Nii Ayikwei Parkes, an introduction by Nana Owiredu Apreko I, Dabieben of Asebu, and a Q&A between curator Chantel Akworkor Thompson and Image-Maker and Young Artist recipient Jude Lartey. 20 copies will be donated to art institutions across Africa.
JUDE LARTEY: LAND OF THE MOREES opens on the 1st of August, 2024 until the 12th of August, 2024 at La Foundation for the Arts
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