Loom Gallery hosts Indian artist
The Loom Gallery in Accra, undoubtedly one of the pioneering promoters of the visual arts in Ghana, has consistently and persistently exhibited the works of female artists notwithstanding their background, country or culture.
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Last week, the gallery once again opened its doors to Soma Sen, an Indian artist whose works, which comprise elements of Ghanaian and Indian culture, is on display till Tuesday, November 24.
The artist was trained at the School of Fine Arts in Jamshedpur and at the Ranchi University, both in India. She also attended the Ghanatta College of Art & Design in Ghana.
Paintings by Sen show her as an artist who makes a successful foray into sea / landscapes, open flora, abstracts, animal / human figures, still lifes and terra cotta works.
She creates interesting allusions to culture through a dramatic incorporation of Ghanaian and Indian symbols, while touching on a wide variety of moods with a delicate use of colour, while attempting to bring nature down to earth – indeed, within our own level of comprehension.
A member of the Foundation for Contemporary Art and the Ghana Association of Visual Artists (GAVA), Sen’s general body of work possess a quality of childlike wonder – nevertheless, rigorous social, cultural, environmental and historical underpinnings characterise her paintings.
Broad brush strokes that end up as stylised human figures inundate her backgrounds and cloud formations.
She wittingly allows a pronounced amount of light in some works, thereby allowing them to sparkle.
Terra cotta works by Sen employ By John Owoo
The Loom Gallery in Accra, undoubtedly one of the pioneering promoters of the visual arts in Ghana, has consistently and persistently exhibited the works of female artists notwithstanding their background, country or culture.
Last week, the gallery once again opened its doors to Soma Sen, an Indian artist whose works, which comprise elements of Ghanaian and Indian culture, is on display till Tuesday, November 24.
The artist was trained at the School of Fine Arts in Jamshedpur and at the Ranchi University, both in India. She also attended the Ghanatta College of Art & Design in Ghana.
Paintings by Sen show her as an artist who makes a successful foray into sea / landscapes, open flora, abstracts, animal / human figures, still lifes and terra cotta works.
She creates interesting allusions to culture through a dramatic incorporation of Ghanaian and Indian symbols, while touching on a wide variety of moods with a delicate use of colour, while attempting to bring nature down to earth – indeed, within our own level of comprehension.
A member of the Foundation for Contemporary Art and the Ghana Association of Visual Artists (GAVA), Sen’s general body of work possess a quality of childlike wonder – nevertheless, rigorous social, cultural, environmental and historical underpinnings characterise her paintings.
Broad brush strokes that end up as stylised human figures inundate her backgrounds and cloud formations.
She wittingly allows a pronounced amount of light in some works, thereby allowing them to sparkle.
Terra cotta works by Sen employ geometric shapes, flowery symbols and abstracts that are tactically placed to enhance their texture and heighten their visual impact while capturing the attention of the viewer.
Sen’s exhibition is the first in The Loom following the devastating June 3 floods which dumped five feet of water in the gallery which has been owned and operated by Mrs Frances Ademola since 1969.
The raging floods subsequently caused a fire that killed dozens of people in a nearby fuel filling station. geometric shapes, flowery symbols and abstracts that are tactically placed to enhance their texture and heighten their visual impact while capturing the attention of the viewer.
Sen’s exhibition is the first in The Loom following the devastating June 3 floods which dumped five feet of water in the gallery which has been owned and operated by Mrs Frances Ademola since 1969.
The raging floods subsequently caused a fire that killed dozens of people in a nearby fuel filling station.