Serge Attukwei Clottey

Serge Attukwei Clottey (born 1985) is a Ghanaian artist who works across installation, performance, photography and sculpture. He is the creator of Afrogallonism, an artistic concept, which he describes as "an artistic concept to explore the relationship between the prevalence of the yellow oil gallons in to consumption and necessity in the life of the modern African". As the founder of Ghana's GoLokal, Clottey tries to transform society through art. Quotes “I challenge convention and advocate the importance of creativity." Serge Attukwei Clottey, University of Brighton, 2019. “Be fearless and believe in what you do - whatever that will be.” Serge Attukwei Clottey, University of Brighton, 2019. “African Electronics isn’t about electronic gadgets, but about the minds behind those inventions, about individual power,” Serge Attukwei Clottey, The Guardian, 2016. “In Ghana we use animals, plants, nature to heal ourselves, to communicate our spiritual problems and that is very powerful. I grew up in a religious family but I’m now getting more spiritual by accepting our traditions.” Serge Attukwei Clottey, The Guardian, 2016. “To work in the arts you have to find a way to make money, but I was also interested in how modelling can manipulate the way you move. When I realised that I could also use that body in my work, I already had an audience who were interested in me as a model.” Serge Attukwei Clottey, The Guardian, 2016. “Our costumes are made from simple materials and we use people’s energy; so people would attack us because they thought there was something spiritual to what we were doing. People without skill are scared to express themselves; they feel like they don’t have a platform. But they want to experiment with their ideas.” Serge Attukwei Clottey, The Guardian, 2016. "We want to make people aware and conscious of who they vote for. People treat this country like a medium that they have no control over but politics is very powerful.” Serge Attukwei Clottey, The Guardian, 2016. "The materials used in my practice allow me to articulate political and social critiques from a Ghanaian perspective." Serge Attukwei Clottey, Something Curated, 2023. "Art has always been deeply integrated into my life and has served as a lens in which I see the world and my place within it." Serge Attukwei Clottey, Something Curated, 2023. "My practice focuses on the intersection of art and anthropology," Serge Attukwei Clottey, Something Curated, 2023. " We’re both after the heart and soul of the people that create our community and that is how an artist becomes an accidental anthropologist and vice versa." Serge Attukwei Clottey, Something Curated, 2023. "Site specificity is an important element of my work – it impacts the way my work is installed which impacts how the viewer will experience it. I try to understand how the space is accessed and activated and choose work that I feel will be complimentary in a dynamic and engaging way." Serge Attukwei Clottey, Something Curated, 2023. External links Category: Living people Category: 1985 births Category: Sculptors Category: Installation artists Category: Photographers