Kudjoe Affutu

Kudjoe Affutu (born 1985) is a Ghanaian fantasy coffin artist. He was born and still lives in Awutu Bawyiase, Central Region, Ghana. Affutu has made a name for himself in Europe by participating in various projects and exhibitions.

Biography

From 2002 to 2006, he trained with the internationally renowned coffin artist Paa Joe, issued from the Kane Kwei Carpentry Workshop in Nungua in the Greater Accra Region. Since 2007 he has been running his own workshop in the town of his birth, producing figurative coffins and sculptures for Ghanaian funerals, art museums and private collectors.

Exhibitions

• 2011. Tinguely Museum Basel. Hummer-coffin for the exhibition Fetisch Auto. Ich fahre, also bin ich. 06/08 – 10/09 2011.
• 2010/11. Centre Pompidou, Paris. coffin in the shape of the Pompidou, exhibition Anthologie de l’humour noir by Saâdane Afif.
• 2010/11. Nouveau Musée National von Monaco, Villa Paloma. Refrigerator-coffin in the opening show La carte d’aprês nature by Thomas Demand.
• 2010/11. Collection de l’Art Brut, Lausanne. Red rooster, a collaboration with Ataa Oko for the exhibition Ataa Oko et Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
• 2009. Détournement Venise 2009. red rooster coffin, lion coffin, Nokia coffin.
• 2006. Kunstmuseum Bern. White hen, in collaboration with Ataa Oko for the exhibition Six Feet Under. Small coffins for the museums shop.

List of references, media

• 2006. Last Respects, First Honoured. Ghanaian Burial Rituals and Figural Coffins. Regula Tschumi in: Kunstmuseum Bern (ed.), Six Feet Under. Autopsy of Our Relation to the Dead. Ex.-Cat. Bielefeld, Leipzig: Kerber, p. 114-125.
• 2008. The Buried Treasures of the Ga. Coffin Art in Ghana. Regula Tschumi. Bern. Benteli.
• 2010.The Deathbead of a Living Man. A Coffin for the Centre Pompidou. Regula Tschumi in Saâdane Afif (ed.), Anthologie de l’humour noir, Paris: Editions Centre Pompidou, p. 56-61.
• 2010. A walk in the Park, Thomas Demand in: Nouveau Musée National de Monaco (Hg.), La carte d’après nature. London: MACK, S. 92-113.
• 2011. Saâdane Afif talks about „Anthologie de l’humour noir“ in: Artforum International, January 2011, S. 194-197.
• 2011. Interview Saâdane Afif in InitiArt Magazine, 10.03. 2011.

External links

• www.regulatschumi.ch