DIEGO - Deadly Prey Print by C.A. Salvation

DIEGO - Deadly Prey Print by C.A. Salvation 

Fantasy Football - A project two and half years in the making

ASL94 and OOF, in partnership with The Art House, have brought together eight artists from Chicago/Accra-based Deadly Prey Gallery for a first-of-its-kind exhibition celebrating iconic footballers in the rich tradition of Ghanaian hand-painted movie posters.

Fantasy Football features masters of the genre including Bright Obeng, Heavy J and Stoger, whose work emerged during the late 1980s and & 90s with the boom in Ghanaian mobile cinema culture. Makeshift video clubs, usually consisting of a TV, a video player and a portable generator loaded onto a truck, travelled around the country showing the latest Hollywood and Bollywood movies, along with kung-fu classics and West African films. With no promotional material or printmaking facilities available, local artists were commissioned to create posters to advertise the screenings, and their bold, wildly inventive paintings kickstarted a movement that went on to gain international recognition. Often with just a title for inspiration, artists relied on instinct to come up with exaggerated, funny and otherworldly narratives for the posters, even if it meant including a scenario that didnt actually appear in the film. The paintings in Fantasy Football continue the tradition, taking their titles from modern documentaries about footballing superstars, while reimagining the players as comic book characters, action heroes, gangsters and ancient warriors. 

Full of joy, steeped in humour and heavy on nostalgia, these paintings offer a timely antidote to the blandness and greed found in so much of the modern game.

Featuring works by: Bright Obeng, C.A. Wisely, Daniel, Heavy J, Magasco, Nii Bi Ashitey, Salvation, Stoger

A limited edition run of high quality prints are now available 

Print details:

• Size: A1 & A3 Avlaiable from the drop down bellow ↓
  
• High quality Giclée prints 
• Using 100% biodegradable inks
• DP Stamp

Artists receive 100% of profits from print sales made during this exhibition.

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