Ben Agbee

Benjamin Agbenyega, known as Ben Agbee (born 1966), is a Ghanaian painter who integrates traditional Ghanaian cultural motifs with contemporary artistic expressions. Quotes It is the love of African ways of life, the natural environment, extended families and strong communities that my paintings depict. Look back to the Motherland to see its future. There is natural power in our earthy relationships among people. The negative impacts and distractions of Western influences. New Art at Elegba Folklore Society, “SANKOFA”, 1 February 2019 My work thinks about the future. I am invested in Africa's incredible energy, vibrancy, our history and how it informs the present and our future. I also explore collective and individual expressions of identity, living and the rigours of daily life as the embodiment of living and not merely existing.For this reason, each day I paint I wish to be in existence to the fullest extent. My work captures the seasons of life and its passing phases, how they impact us. I believe that art indeed is my first language and I speak it fluently! I paint where there is beauty in all its guises, and strength; displaying these values in my works critical and this valuing of life and the spirit of human beings I what informs my pallet and the colours I work. with. I enjoy creating layered, intricate and detailed textures, colour relationships, and intricate, intimate details in a piece especially accented in my portraits. To paint is to be alive. Ben Agbee Fashion Fridays 2022, ARTSY,n.d External links Category:Painters from Ghana Category:1966 births Category:Living people