Renowned Ghanaian Visual Artist, Prince Gyasi, has amazed citizens with his iPhone shots.
Gyasi has just got commissioned by Apple to work on a project and he has decided to push the Hiplife genre in Ghana to the world.
Prince Gyasi who got signed to Nil Gallery Paris in 2018, has exhibited his art pieces at multiple art fairs in the US and his art pieces were blown away by a lot of art enthusiast.
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Prince creates art set to be at par with those seen on Vogue, and on international platforms like ABC news, Good Morning America, Ignant, Nowness, Vanity Fair, Habiri Magazine (Kenya Airways Inflight Magazine), Vsco, Suitcase Magazine, Afropunk, CNN Africa, Kohler, Instagram, Chimi Eye Wear, Nataal Media, Artsy and others.
He exhibited in places like Seattle Contemporary Art fair, Texas Contemporary Art Fair, Artsy + Context Art Miami & Pulse Contemporary Art Fair (Art Basel Miami).
“As a creative, I realised it’s important for me to have the freedom to tell the truth through my art. I was happy to shoot this series, ‘A Great Day in Accra, here in Independence Square, where Martin Luther King Jr. watched Kwame Nkrumah declare Ghana’s freedom back in 1957,” his caption read on one of his Instagram posts.
By reuniting and photographing both old and new Hiplife artists, I’m letting the rest of the world know about the genre’s impact in Ghana and beyond. People need to hear about the culture, the source of our rhythm, our music, what influences our arts. It’s our history from our perspective. I want to make sure the new generation doesn’t lose their identity or forget about the pioneers who paved the way for them to lift their own voices,” Prince Gyasi’s post read.
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Prince shot great legends like Gyedu-Blay Ambolley, Reggie Rockstone, Okyeame Kwame, Rab Bakari, Abrewa Nana, Hammer (of the Last 2), Beat Menace, Guru NKZ, Joey B, E.L, DJ Breezy, and Stargo.
The list continued with Ayat, Kirani Ayat, Akan, Kiddblack, Ansah Live, Imani N.A.D, Toyboi, Kwesi Arthur & $hadow. Gyedu-Blay Ambolley, Reggie Rockstone, Rab Bakari, and Abrewa Nana.
It didnt leave out highlife act Okyeame Kwame, Hammer (of the Last 2), Beat Menace, Guru NKZ, Joey B, E.L, DJ Breezy, Stargo, Kwesi Arthur, Akan, Kirani Ayat, Kiddblack, Ansah Live, Imani N.A.D, Toyboi & Shadow.
“It was such an honour working with all these great artistes,” Prince confessed.
Read his post below:
