Derrick Ofosu Boateng (Ghana) Lot n° 49

Technical information Artist: DERRICK OFOSU BOATENG Title: You are one in a melon 2 Dimensions: 30 x 40 cm Technique : Iphone photography / mix media Year: 2020 Edition: /30 With framing. Unique work signed on the back by the artist and delivered with a certificate of authenticity. An avowed fan of football, music and 7th art, Derrick embodies the youth of the continent who took over the net in a flash. His works are emblematic of the media mix, made with Iphone. Deeply marked by Anglo-Saxon culture, he dares to use colour in everyday scenes exclusively devoted to the "feel good". His characters celebrate the black body always haloed with bright, inspiring tones. Equipped with trumpets and tasty looking fruit, they go beyond the perception of movement: they are inhabited, embodied, overflowing with life and communicative energy. "I consider photography to be a decisive tool for exchanging with as many people as possible in different parts of the world. The stories are exceptional, full of emotion and life. To me, it is important that my work represents Africa through a positive prism, it helps to strongly change the perception of the continent. Many people write to me on social networks to tell me that my photographs have changed their vision, it makes me very happy," he says. A keen observer on the lookout for what characterizes his environment, he draws inspiration from childhood and musical culture. As a man who orchestrates, he makes it a point of honour to think, to refine the staging of his work.