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Trends in the Twenty-First Century Contemporary Arts in Accra
(2019-09-12) Larbi, K.A.; Addo, I.A.
The contexts of contemporary art practices in Accra in the Twenty-First century is based on the hypothesis that the country is in a dynamic age driven by technology and globalization, but also suffers from the effects of these developments and trends. Contemporary art is a multiplicity of artistic genres and a diverse artistic language with multiple rhetorical strategies . while the old resilient forms such as painting and sculpture and illustration persist; new initiatives and materials are being explored challenging the essentialist idea of art. The contemporary is, therefore, a combination of fine art and new art genres. what are some of local conditions, ideas and external forces that has precipitated these new artistic genres challenging the old frames, and who are some of the artists, patrons, and institutions at the forefront of this? This paper explores the current artistic production of the first two decades of the century including the old resilient frames and those challenging the status quo