KWAME AKOTO “ALMIGHTY GOD ART WORKS”, born in 1950

Kumasi, Ghana

Thoughts of the world
Thoughts of the world
Late 1990s.
Alkyd paint on plywood and wooden framing strips, 123 x 84.5 cm.
Bibliography: Kwame Akoto, Almighty God Art Works. Exhibition catalogue Musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac. Fondation Antoine de Galbert. Empire books, 2026. No directly related work.
While Kwame Akoto frequently engages in the exercise of facial self-portraiture, this full-length self-portrait of the artist meditating in his shower, washing his hair with shampoo, fully clothed, is unique within the body of work.
The message Thoughts of the world conveyed by this work speaks to everyone, for who has not meditated in the shower on the state of the world?
Painted from a low angle with fine hyperrealistic technique and a harmonious color palette, this painting on which the artist inscribed his name on the frame constitutes an important work.