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Of course skill, creativity and overall talent are very important, but most important is connectivity and the ability to get along and have fun working!Ĭan you discuss your partnership with the artists in Ghana and how you support their work? Kofi insists on only working with artists who are also his friends. Wisely, Magasco, Bright Obeng and Nii Bi Ashitey. As DPG has grown, 4 more artists have since joined us - that's C.A. These 6 artists have been good friends of Kofi for years, but they are also historically some of the most talented artists the genre has seen. The founding artists of Deadly Prey are Heavy J, Leonardo, Salvation, Mr. How do you select the artists you partner with and what criteria do you use?

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Our mission is preserve, archive and educate people about these amazing paintings from Ghana while putting the artists first and supporting them at all costs. We're not your typical gallery because we don't actually have a public space! Currently DPG is operated as a traveling gallery with studios in Chicago and Accra. About a year into our partnership I asked if specific movies could be requested to be painted by the artists Kofi was friendly with, and to my joy the answer was yes! Shortly after introducing commissions, we quickly realized that this was a business that needed to be explored further and could be very beneficial to the artists, so it became our main point of interest. It wasn't long before Odd Obsession Movies basically began the first incarnation of Deadly Prey Gallery.

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Shortly after he and I met, the walls of Odd Obsession Movies were covered with movie paintings from Ghana! People in my neighborhood really started noticing them and things spread to social media quickly.

Kofi has known many of the artists since childhood, and had a small space in Accra which housed a good number paintings from the artists who were still making movie posters.

After seeing that book I became obsessed with the genre, which led me to meet my best friend and partner Robert Kofi. From 2004 to 2020 I owned and operated a dvd / vhs rental store in Chicago called Odd Obsession Movies. I first found out about the Ghanaian mobile cinema in 2011 when a friend / customer of my video store showed me the book 'Ghanavision' featuring 100's of hand-painted Ghanaian movie posters.

It is their talented artists that helped make the latest collaboration between Patta and Order possible so we caught up with Brian Chankin to find out more about the adventure so far.Ĭan you tell us about the origin of Deadly Prey Gallery and your mission as a gallery? In this interview, we will be delving deeper into Deadly Prey Gallery's mission, their artistic collaborations in Ghana, and the impact of their work on the global art scene. Through their collaborations with artists from Ghana, Deadly Prey Gallery has provided a platform for these artists to showcase their work to international audiences, and has played a vital role in promoting cross-cultural exchange and understanding. Deadly Prey Gallery is known for its commitment to showcasing unique and innovative contemporary art from underrepresented regions of the world.

Get familiar with Deadly Prey Gallery, a Chicago-based traveling art gallery that collaborates with 10 talented artists in and around Accra, Ghana. Interview by Passion Dzenga | Photography by Brian Chankin

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