Serge Attukwei Clottey

Ghanaian · b. 1985

Ghanaian artist based in Accra whose practice spans installation, sculpture, performance and photography. He is known for Afrogallonism, his term for work made from the yellow plastic jerrycans used to carry water across Ghana, which he cuts, flattens and stitches into large tapestries addressing consumption, trade and migration.

Serge Attukwei Clottey sculptures and installations

Photo by The wub, CC BY-SA 4.0

Serge Attukwei Clottey

Tribe and Tribulation

2022 · Thames Path by The O2, Greenwich Peninsula, London

A totemic tower over five metres tall by Serge Attukwei Clottey, stacked from cubes of reclaimed wood including painted timber from Ghanaian fishing boats. An embedded sound piece carries recordings from former slave forts and the Meridian in Tema, Ghana.

Serge Attukwei Clottey on now and coming soon exhibitions

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