African folk outsider art movie poster painted canvas Ghana 18 fatal strikes

Posted on July 13, 2018 by admin

African kente and textiles. Brass / Bronze / Lost wax. Oil paint / Ghana Signboards. Wood and other Artifacts. Art Movie posters Ghana. Tuareg Art and Crafts. African folk outsider art movie poster painted canvas Ghana 18 fatal strikes. 18 FATAL STRIKES Beautiful authentic hand-painted movie poster from Ghana, West Africa. DETAILS FOR THIS FILM AND POSTER: Film: 18 FATAL STRIKE S MARTIAL ARTS / ACTION Poster: Hand Painted in Ghana by ” LEONARDO” for ZAAP Video Size: Art size 62 1/2″ x 43″ (158 cm x 109 cm). Condition: In good condition, with some damages, some repairs, small size holes, in some places the paint is off and signs of wear in the art work due to usage. This is not a print! Its a real oil paint! A real piece of Authentic African Art! This type of posters are highly collectible and many times displayed in Museums all over the world! With the arrival of video and video cassettes during 1980s In Ghana (West Africa) a small-scale film distribution / mobile Cinema was created. This small size mobile “Cinema” operators were equipped with a television a Video and sometimes with a small portable generator and were moving from town to town from village to village operating and showing their films! (During the day inside social clubs or houses and during the night in the open air). In order to attract more customers and in order to advertise their mission and business the need of huge posters was created and born. Talented artists after viewing the film were creating large size posters using oil paint on canvas (Because of unavailability and high cost of imported canvas , The artists were using used flour sacks sewn together). The artist had the freedom to add or change scenes seen or not seen in the film in order to make the poster more attractive (This is the reason that this hand painted posters are more interesting as ART than the normal posters since each of this hand painted poster is UNIQUE and except the film content it also express the artist himself). These posters were rolled or folded and easy to move around with the mobile Cinema. Because of the posters ” hard ” life (Folded or rolled, under the rain and sun and display for several months during their rounds all over Ghana) most of the surviving posters have damage at the end of the canvas, peelings, cracking and other damages. By the mid 1990s the mobile Cinema business declined and almost collapsed since television and video was more widely available in Ghana. The profits of the mobile Cinema operators were also reduced and they were not able to afford the “expensive” talented artists to paint their posters anymore. At the present days they have to rely with Photocopy paper posters in order to survive and reduce cost. For more information concerning this type of art please read: ” Extreme Canvas: Hand-Painted Movie Poster from Ghana ” with over 350 colorful examples of this unique posters. Sign up to our newsletter for special deals. Powered by SixBit’s eCommerce Solution. The item “African folk outsider art movie poster painted canvas Ghana 18 fatal strikes” is in sale since Saturday, May 6, 2017. This item is in the category “Art\Art Posters”. The seller is “ethnic*art*gallery” and is located in GR. This item can be shipped worldwide.

Originality: Original
Subject: Movies
Style: Contemporary Art
Size: Large (up to 60in.)
Date of Creation: 2000-Now
POSTER: Hand painted movie poster
Original/Reproduction: Original
Signed?: Signed
Framed/Unframed: Unframed
Material: Fabric

Movie poster African cinema folk wall art hand painted Ghana Occultic Wedding

Posted on July 10, 2018 by admin

African kente and textiles. Brass / Bronze / Lost wax. Oil paint / Ghana Signboards. Wood and other Artifacts. Art Movie posters Ghana. Tuareg Art and Crafts. Movie poster African cinema folk wall art hand painted Ghana Occultic Wedding. OCCULTIC WEDDING 3 Beautiful authentic hand-painted movie poster from Ghana, West Africa. DETAILS FOR THIS FILM AND POSTER: Film: OCCULTIC WEDDING 3 African – Ritual – JuJu – Black magic film. Poster: Hand Painted in Ghana by ARMAHSCO for JK video. Art size 60″ x 38 1/2″ (152 cm x 98 cm). Condition: In good condition with a few damages, some repairs, in some places the paint is off and some wear in the art work due to usage. This is not a print! Its a real oil paint! A real piece of Authentic African Art! This type of posters are highly collectible and many times displayed in Museums all over the world! With the arrival of video and video cassettes during 1980s In Ghana (West Africa) a small-scale film distribution / mobile Cinema was created. This small size mobile “Cinema” operators were equipped with a television a Video and sometimes with a small portable generator and were moving from town to town from village to village operating and showing their films! (During the day inside social clubs or houses and during the night in the open air). In order to attract more customers and in order to advertise their mission and business the need of huge posters was created and born. Talented artists after viewing the film were creating large size posters using oil paint on canvas (Because of unavailability and high cost of imported canvas , The artists were using used flour sacks sewn together). The artist had the freedom to add or change scenes seen or not seen in the film in order to make the poster more attractive (This is the reason that this hand painted posters are more interesting as ART than the normal posters since each of this hand painted poster is UNIQUE and except the film content it also express the artist himself). These posters were rolled or folded and easy to move around with the mobile Cinema. Because of the posters ” hard ” life (Folded or rolled, under the rain and sun and display for several months during their rounds all over Ghana) most of the surviving posters have damage at the end of the canvas, peelings, cracking and other damages. By the mid 1990s the mobile Cinema business declined and almost collapsed since television and video was more widely available in Ghana. The profits of the mobile Cinema operators were also reduced and they were not able to afford the “expensive” talented artists to paint their posters anymore. At the present days they have to rely with Photocopy paper posters in order to survive and reduce cost. For more information concerning this type of art please read: ” Extreme Canvas: Hand-Painted Movie Poster from Ghana ” with over 350 colorful examples of this unique posters. Sign up to our newsletter for special deals. Powered by SixBit’s eCommerce Solution. The item “Movie poster African cinema folk wall art hand painted Ghana Occultic Wedding” is in sale since Sunday, October 1, 2017. This item is in the category “Art\Art Posters”. The seller is “ethnic*art*gallery” and is located in GR. This item can be shipped worldwide.

Originality: Original
Subject: Movies
Style: Outsider Art
Size: Large (up to 60in.)
Date of Creation: 2000-Now
POSTER: Hand painted movie poster
Original/Reproduction: Original
Signed?: Signed
Framed/Unframed: Unframed
Material: Fabric

Movie poster African cinema folk outsider art hand painted Ghana Drunken monkey

Posted on July 4, 2018 by admin

African kente and textiles. Brass / Bronze / Lost wax. Oil paint / Ghana Signboards. Wood and other Artifacts. Art Movie posters Ghana. Tuareg Art and Crafts. Movie poster African cinema folk outsider art hand painted Ghana Drunken monkey. DRUNKEN MONKEY Beautiful authentic hand-painted movie poster from Ghana, West Africa. DETAILS FOR THIS FILM AND POSTER: Film: DRUNKEN MONKEY MARTIAL ARTS / ACTION Poster: Hand Painted in Ghana by ” LEONARDO” for ZAAP Video Size: Art size: 58″ x 43″ (147 cm x 109 cm) Condition: In good condition, with some damages, some repairs, small size holes, in some places the paint is off and signs of wear in the art work due to usage. This is not a print! Its a real oil paint! A real piece of Authentic African Art! This type of posters are highly collectible and many times displayed in Museums all over the world! With the arrival of video and video cassettes during 1980s In Ghana (West Africa) a small-scale film distribution / mobile Cinema was created. This small size mobile “Cinema” operators were equipped with a television a Video and sometimes with a small portable generator and were moving from town to town from village to village operating and showing their films! (During the day inside social clubs or houses and during the night in the open air). In order to attract more customers and in order to advertise their mission and business the need of huge posters was created and born. Talented artists after viewing the film were creating large size posters using oil paint on canvas (Because of unavailability and high cost of imported canvas , The artists were using used flour sacks sewn together). The artist had the freedom to add or change scenes seen or not seen in the film in order to make the poster more attractive (This is the reason that this hand painted posters are more interesting as ART than the normal posters since each of this hand painted poster is UNIQUE and except the film content it also express the artist himself). These posters were rolled or folded and easy to move around with the mobile Cinema. Because of the posters ” hard ” life (Folded or rolled, under the rain and sun and display for several months during their rounds all over Ghana) most of the surviving posters have damage at the end of the canvas, peelings, cracking and other damages. By the mid 1990s the mobile Cinema business declined and almost collapsed since television and video was more widely available in Ghana. The profits of the mobile Cinema operators were also reduced and they were not able to afford the “expensive” talented artists to paint their posters anymore. At the present days they have to rely with Photocopy paper posters in order to survive and reduce cost. For more information concerning this type of art please read: ” Extreme Canvas: Hand-Painted Movie Poster from Ghana ” with over 350 colorful examples of this unique posters. Sign up to our newsletter for special deals. Powered by SixBit’s eCommerce Solution. The item “Movie poster African cinema folk outsider art hand painted Ghana Drunken monkey” is in sale since Friday, March 15, 2013. This item is in the category “Everything Else\Weird Stuff\Totally Bizarre”. The seller is “ethnic*art*gallery” and is located in GR. This item can be shipped worldwide.

Subject: Hand painted movie poster
Poster: Oil paint
Material: Canvas from used flour sack

African American Folk Art Oil Painting of a Little Girl signed Johnson

Posted on June 23, 2018 by admin

Gorgeous Oil Painting of a Young African American Child Eating signed by Artist Johnson, I don’t know any more than that. Please look at all the pictures. The item “African American Folk Art Oil Painting of a Little Girl signed Johnson” is in sale since Friday, May 25, 2018. This item is in the category “Art\Paintings”. The seller is “teleman911″ and is located in Clayton, North Carolina. This item can be shipped to United States.

Size: Medium (up to 36in.)
Artist: Johnson
Style: Black Folk Art
Painting Surface: Canvas
Features: Framed
Width (Inches): 16
Subject: Small Child Eating
Height (Inches): 20

Movie poster African Ghana oil painting cinema folk art hand painted Dracula 2

Posted on May 11, 2018 by admin

African kente and textiles. Brass / Bronze / Lost wax. Oil paint / Ghana Signboards. Wood and other Artifacts. Art Movie posters Ghana. Tuareg Art and Crafts. Movie poster African Ghana oil painting cinema folk art hand painted Dracula 2. DRACULA 2 Beautiful authentic hand-painted movie poster from Ghana, West Africa. DETAILS FOR THIS FILM AND POSTER: Film: DRACULA 2 HORROR Poster: Hand Painted in Ghana by O. A HEAVY J for 1st PAIGE Video club. Size: Art size 53 1/2″ x 39 1/2″ (136 cm x 100 cm). Condition: In very good condition with the exception of few small size holes, in some places the paint is off and some wear in the art work due to usage. This is not a print! Its a real oil paint! A real piece of Authentic African Art! This type of posters are highly collectible and many times displayed in Museums all over the world! With the arrival of video and video cassettes during 1980s In Ghana (West Africa) a small-scale film distribution / mobile Cinema was created. This small size mobile “Cinema” operators were equipped with a television a Video and sometimes with a small portable generator and were moving from town to town from village to village operating and showing their films! (During the day inside social clubs or houses and during the night in the open air). In order to attract more customers and in order to advertise their mission and business the need of huge posters was created and born. Talented artists after viewing the film were creating large size posters using oil paint on canvas (Because of unavailability and high cost of imported canvas , The artists were using used flour sacks sewn together). The artist had the freedom to add or change scenes seen or not seen in the film in order to make the poster more attractive (This is the reason that this hand painted posters are more interesting as ART than the normal posters since each of this hand painted poster is UNIQUE and except the film content it also express the artist himself). These posters were rolled or folded and easy to move around with the mobile Cinema. Because of the posters ” hard ” life (Folded or rolled, under the rain and sun and display for several months during their rounds all over Ghana) most of the surviving posters have damage at the end of the canvas, peelings, cracking and other damages. By the mid 1990s the mobile Cinema business declined and almost collapsed since television and video was more widely available in Ghana. The profits of the mobile Cinema operators were also reduced and they were not able to afford the “expensive” talented artists to paint their posters anymore. At the present days they have to rely with Photocopy paper posters in order to survive and reduce cost. For more information concerning this type of art please read: ” Extreme Canvas: Hand-Painted Movie Poster from Ghana ” with over 350 colorful examples of this unique posters. Sign up to our newsletter for special deals. Powered by SixBit’s eCommerce Solution. The item “Movie poster African Ghana oil painting cinema folk art hand painted Dracula 2″ is in sale since Thursday, January 4, 2018. This item is in the category “Art\Art Posters”. The seller is “ethnic*art*gallery” and is located in GR. This item can be shipped worldwide.

Subject: Movies
Style: Outsider Art
Date of Creation: 2000-Now
POSTER: Hand painted movie poster
Original/Reproduction: Original
Signed?: Signed
Framed/Unframed: Unframed
Material: Fabric

African folk outsider art movie poster decor hand painted Ghana obonsam besu 3

Posted on May 5, 2018 by admin

African kente and textiles. Brass / Bronze / Lost wax. Oil paint / Ghana Signboards. Wood and other Artifacts. Art Movie posters Ghana. Tuareg Art and Crafts. African folk outsider art movie poster decor hand painted Ghana obonsam besu 3. OBONSAM BESU 3 This a beautiful oil painted on canvas poster painted in Ghana West Africa. DETAILS FOR THIS FILM AND POSTER: Film: OBONSAM BESU 3 African – Ritual – JuJu – Black magic film. Poster: Hand Painted in Ghana by Papa Warsti for JK video. Art size: 60″ x 44″ (152 cm x 111 cm). Condition: In very good condition In some places the paint is off and minor signs of wear in the art work due to usage. This is not a print! Its a real oil paint! A real piece of Authentic African Art! This type of posters are highly collectible and many times displayed in Museums all over the world! With the arrival of video and video cassettes during 1980s In Ghana (West Africa) a small-scale film distribution / mobile Cinema was created. This small size mobile “Cinema” operators were equipped with a television a Video and sometimes with a small portable generator and were moving from town to town from village to village operating and showing their films! (During the day inside social clubs or houses and during the night in the open air). In order to attract more customers and in order to advertise their mission and business the need of huge posters was created and born. Talented artists after viewing the film were creating large size posters using oil paint on canvas (Because of unavailability and high cost of imported canvas , The artists were using used flour sacks sewn together). The artist had the freedom to add or change scenes seen or not seen in the film in order to make the poster more attractive (This is the reason that this hand painted posters are more interesting as ART than the normal posters since each of this hand painted poster is UNIQUE and except the film content it also express the artist himself). These posters were rolled or folded and easy to move around with the mobile Cinema. Because of the posters ” hard ” life (Folded or rolled, under the rain and sun and display for several months during their rounds all over Ghana) most of the surviving posters have damage at the end of the canvas, peelings, cracking and other damages. By the mid 1990s the mobile Cinema business declined and almost collapsed since television and video was more widely available in Ghana. The profits of the mobile Cinema operators were also reduced and they were not able to afford the “expensive” talented artists to paint their posters anymore. At the present days they have to rely with Photocopy paper posters in order to survive and reduce cost. For more information concerning this type of art please read: ” Extreme Canvas: Hand-Painted Movie Poster from Ghana ” with over 350 colorful examples of this unique posters. Sign up to our newsletter for special deals. Powered by SixBit’s eCommerce Solution. The item “African folk outsider art movie poster decor hand painted Ghana obonsam besu 3″ is in sale since Wednesday, November 22, 2017. This item is in the category “Art\Art Posters”. The seller is “ethnic*art*gallery” and is located in GR. This item can be shipped worldwide.

Subject: Movies
Style: Outsider Art
Date of Creation: 2000-Now
POSTER: Hand painted movie poster
Original/Reproduction: Original
Signed?: Signed
Framed/Unframed: Unframed
Material: Fabric

Hughart original art PRIMITIVE painting African tribal folk outsider INITIATION

Posted on April 27, 2018 by admin

Scroll down to see a larger pic. “Initiation” Acrylics by: Jeff Hughart 24″ x 30″ x. 75 Canvas 2018 Original Painting. “Initiation” is painted with acrylics on quality gallery wrapped (no staples on sides) canvas that is 3/4 inches deep and painted black on all sides so framing is not necessary. This is an original work of art that I have signed on the front and signed and dated on the back. I sell my paintings in gallery shows, on my website and by appointment from my private studio in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. They tell me that my paintings are quite addictive. My paintings are described as raw, emotional, colorful and energetic. No doubt that they are influenced by my punk rock past. My paintings are also influenced by the work of some of my favorite artists; Basquiat, Matisse, Picasso, Dubuffet, Twombly, Gary Panter, R. Miller, Warhol, Pollack, Lucien Freud, Diebenkorn, Francis Bacon, etc. From time to time I do commissioned work. Please contact me for information about the process and pricing. Jeff, you’re the best!!! They look even better than the pictures… ” “Wonderful new addition to my cast of characters who inhabit my abode! ” “One piece is better than the next. Makes my walls smile! ” “PAINTING WAY BETTER THAN DESCRIBED/PICTURED. Je recommande” “love this work, look forward to purchasing from Hughart again” “I LOVE THIS PAINTING! I actually have goosebumps looking at her. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU SO MUCH. ÃÂ¢Ã¢âÂ¬ÃâWhen artist Jeff Hughart, formerly Stink! Of the infamous punk rock band, The Rotters, first put paint on canvas, it wasn’t the result of an unexplained obsession or because God had demanded it. It wasn’t the positive byproduct of mental illness. It didn’t emerge from his interpretation of a haunting nocturnal dream. It wasn’t even in support of a specific artistic vision. From a forthcoming article by Kay Ballard. Some of Hughart’s smaller paintings seem to me to be modernized cave paintings with an extra dose of attitude. The item “Hughart original art PRIMITIVE painting African tribal folk outsider INITIATION” is in sale since Saturday, February 03, 2018. This item is in the category “Art\Paintings”. The seller is “nativefolkart” and is located in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. This item can be shipped worldwide.

Original/Reproduction: Original
Listed By: Artist
Signed?: Signed
Medium: Acrylic
Subject: Abstract
Style: Outsider Art
Date of Creation: 2000-Now
Region of Origin: US
Original/ Reproduction: Original
Features: Signed
Year: 2017
Size: Medium (up to 36in.)
Width (Inches): 30
Height (Inches): 24

RUTH RUSSELL WILLIAMS ORIGINAL Painting AFRICAN AMERICAN FOLK ART FLOWER SELLERS

Posted on April 25, 2018 by admin

This is an ORIGINAL oil painting, NOT a print , and in my opinion, the loveliest painting by RUTH RUSSELL WILLIAMS that I have ever seen. The colors are fresh and bright and the figures are delicately detailed. Her bio can be found below. This is quite a find for any collector. Professionally matted and framed. MEASUREMENTS: Image is 8.5 x ll inches Outside of frame is 15 x 18 inches RUTH RUSSELL WILLIAMS BIO Ruth Russell Williams was born in 1932 in Townsville, North Carolina. Later, her paintings would portray scenes from this early work and from many other childhood experiences, including memories of going to work with her grandmother to the home of a plantation owner. She developed her talent along a path that took her from these humble beginnings to beauty salon owner and cosmetologist to national recognition as a self-taught artist. Initially drawn to ceramics, she taught ceramics at Vance-Granville Community College. When her children were mostly grown, she began painting, in her words, “to tell my life story”, but initially thought her paintings lacked merit. At an art exhibit at Kerr Lake in 1985, Williams was quite satisfied showing her work to the public, but when she learned that North Carolina A & T art professor James McCoy was nearby, she grabbed her paintings and hid behind bushes, fearful of presenting her work before a professional. McCoy, however, immediately recognized Williams unique aesthetic sensibility. He told Williams that she was a gifted folk artist and predicted that she would one day become widely recognized. For the next two decades, Williams produced hundreds of paintings, each one telling a story of life as she saw it, in a simple, straightforward and vividly colorful way. Her work is now prized by collectors and museums throughout the United States and Europe. One of her best-known works, Baptism, appeared on the cover of Smithsonian magazine in 1993. The NCCU Art Museum in Durham showcased over fifty of her original works of art at the exhibit, Ruth Russell Williams: Master Storyteller, in 2009. The item “RUTH RUSSELL WILLIAMS ORIGINAL Painting AFRICAN AMERICAN FOLK ART FLOWER SELLERS” is in sale since Monday, December 11, 2017. This item is in the category “Art\Paintings”. The seller is “bijoux2960″ and is located in Powhatan, Virginia. This item can be shipped to United States.

Region of Origin: US
Style: Black Folk Art
Artist: Ruth Russell Williams
Painting Surface: Canvas
Subject: Ethnic
Size: Small (up to 12in.)
Height (Inches): 8.5
Medium: Oil
Year: 1988
Width (Inches): 11
Features: Framed

Movie poster African Ghana oil cinema folk art hand painted I spit On Your Grave

Posted on April 16, 2018 by admin

African kente and textiles. Brass / Bronze / Lost wax. Oil paint / Ghana Signboards. Wood and other Artifacts. Art Movie posters Ghana. Tuareg Art and Crafts. Movie poster African Ghana oil cinema folk art hand painted I spit On Your Grave. I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE Beautiful authentic hand-painted movie poster from Ghana, West Africa. DETAILS FOR THIS FILM AND POSTER: Film: I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE HORROR Poster: Hand Painted in Ghana by PAPAWARSTI for “ZAAP” Video. Art size 62 1/4″ x 40 3/4″ (158 cm x 103 cm). Condition: In very good condition with the exception of a couple of holes, in some places the paint is off and signs of wear in the art work due to usage. This is not a print! Its a real oil paint! A real piece of Authentic African Art! This type of posters are highly collectible and many times displayed in Museums all over the world! With the arrival of video and video cassettes during 1980s In Ghana (West Africa) a small-scale film distribution / mobile Cinema was created. This small size mobile “Cinema” operators were equipped with a television a Video and sometimes with a small portable generator and were moving from town to town from village to village operating and showing their films! (During the day inside social clubs or houses and during the night in the open air). In order to attract more customers and in order to advertise their mission and business the need of huge posters was created and born. Talented artists after viewing the film were creating large size posters using oil paint on canvas (Because of unavailability and high cost of imported canvas , The artists were using used flour sacks sewn together). The artist had the freedom to add or change scenes seen or not seen in the film in order to make the poster more attractive (This is the reason that this hand painted posters are more interesting as ART than the normal posters since each of this hand painted poster is UNIQUE and except the film content it also express the artist himself). These posters were rolled or folded and easy to move around with the mobile Cinema. Because of the posters ” hard ” life (Folded or rolled, under the rain and sun and display for several months during their rounds all over Ghana) most of the surviving posters have damage at the end of the canvas, peelings, cracking and other damages. By the mid 1990s the mobile Cinema business declined and almost collapsed since television and video was more widely available in Ghana. The profits of the mobile Cinema operators were also reduced and they were not able to afford the “expensive” talented artists to paint their posters anymore. At the present days they have to rely with Photocopy paper posters in order to survive and reduce cost. For more information concerning this type of art please read: ” Extreme Canvas: Hand-Painted Movie Poster from Ghana ” with over 350 colorful examples of this unique posters. Sign up to our newsletter for special deals. Powered by SixBit’s eCommerce Solution. The item “Movie poster African Ghana oil cinema folk art hand painted I spit On Your Grave” is in sale since Wednesday, February 07, 2018. This item is in the category “Art\Art Posters”. The seller is “ethnic*art*gallery” and is located in GR. This item can be shipped worldwide.

Originality: Original
Subject: Movies
Style: Folk Art
Size: Large (up to 60in.)
Date of Creation: 2000-Now
POSTER: Hand painted movie poster
Original/Reproduction: Original
Signed?: Signed
Framed/Unframed: Unframed
Material: Fabric

Movie poster African Ghana oil painting cinema folk art hand painted FRANKENFISH

Posted on February 15, 2018 by admin

African kente and textiles. Brass / Bronze / Lost wax. Oil paint / Ghana Signboards. Wood and other Artifacts. Art Movie posters Ghana. Tuareg Art and Crafts. Movie poster African Ghana oil painting cinema folk art hand painted FRANKENFISH. FRANKENFISH Beautiful authentic hand-painted movie poster from Ghana, West Africa. DETAILS FOR THIS FILM AND POSTER: Film: FRANKENFISH HORROR Poster: Hand Painted in Ghana for A-A NIMA Video club. Size: Art size 66 1/2″ x 40 3/4″ (168 cm x 103 cm). Condition: In very good condition with the exception of few small size holes, in some places the paint is off and some wear in the art work due to usage. This is not a print! Its a real oil paint! A real piece of Authentic African Art! This type of posters are highly collectible and many times displayed in Museums all over the world! With the arrival of video and video cassettes during 1980s In Ghana (West Africa) a small-scale film distribution / mobile Cinema was created. This small size mobile “Cinema” operators were equipped with a television a Video and sometimes with a small portable generator and were moving from town to town from village to village operating and showing their films! (During the day inside social clubs or houses and during the night in the open air). In order to attract more customers and in order to advertise their mission and business the need of huge posters was created and born. Talented artists after viewing the film were creating large size posters using oil paint on canvas (Because of unavailability and high cost of imported canvas , The artists were using used flour sacks sewn together). The artist had the freedom to add or change scenes seen or not seen in the film in order to make the poster more attractive (This is the reason that this hand painted posters are more interesting as ART than the normal posters since each of this hand painted poster is UNIQUE and except the film content it also express the artist himself). These posters were rolled or folded and easy to move around with the mobile Cinema. Because of the posters ” hard ” life (Folded or rolled, under the rain and sun and display for several months during their rounds all over Ghana) most of the surviving posters have damage at the end of the canvas, peelings, cracking and other damages. By the mid 1990s the mobile Cinema business declined and almost collapsed since television and video was more widely available in Ghana. The profits of the mobile Cinema operators were also reduced and they were not able to afford the “expensive” talented artists to paint their posters anymore. At the present days they have to rely with Photocopy paper posters in order to survive and reduce cost. For more information concerning this type of art please read: ” Extreme Canvas: Hand-Painted Movie Poster from Ghana ” with over 350 colorful examples of this unique posters. Sign up to our newsletter for special deals. Powered by SixBit’s eCommerce Solution. The item “Movie poster African Ghana oil painting cinema folk art hand painted FRANKENFISH” is in sale since Tuesday, January 09, 2018. This item is in the category “Art\Art Posters”. The seller is “ethnic*art*gallery” and is located in GR. This item can be shipped worldwide.

Subject: Movies
Style: Outsider Art
Date of Creation: 2000-Now
POSTER: Hand painted movie poster
Original/Reproduction: Original
Signed?: Signed
Framed/Unframed: Unframed
Material: Fabric

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