Emory Biko Mixed Media Painting of Adinkra Symbol "Gye Nyame"

Item Details

Emory Biko (Pittsburgh, born 1958)
Untitled (adinkra symbol gye nyame), 2017
Acrylic painting with molded paper relief on wood panel with twisted rope trim
Signed to the lower right

Based in Pittsburgh, Emory Biko is a Homewood artist who creates mixed media compositions often featuring imagery related to Afrocentric culture and the black American experience. He is the founder and President of The Museum of the African’s Experience in America, a collection of over 13,000 objects chronicling the history of African Americans. Biko describes himself as a “junkie”, having spent years rummaging through antique sales, flea markets, and dumpsters in search of African American memorabilia and artifacts to add to his expanding collection. His artwork and collection have been exhibited in various venues throughout Pittsburgh, including the Foreland Street Gallery, the Homewood Library, the Homewood YWCA, Point Park University, and the Alma Illery Medical Center, among others.

Condition

- abrasions to the surface of the painting particularly to the upper left; dried glue residue visible along the edges of board; slight fraying to the rope border to the lower left corner; minor hole to the board to the lower left corner.

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Item #

ITMG877028