Ghanaian sport artist Tafa Fiadzigbe has been imbued the vibrant oil paintings with motion by stroking thick layers of paint across each canvas with a palette knife. Inspired by his west African heritage – especially the colours and patterns of Kente cloths and the rhythm of traditional drums – Tafa rose to prominence as an artist in his own country in the 1990s before moving to New York. His imagery encompasses sporting themes, as well as
spirituality and music. 'I paint sports themes because they are a universal form of communication that is replete with powerful, multi-layered symbolism. Team sport fosters hard work, fraternity, excellence, and international understanding ... It is an area of life that underlines Dr. Martin Luther King's vision that people should be judged by the content of their character.
About his sport art, Tafa said: “Myth, worship and ritual is what attracts me, the arena as a landscape or the athlete or player as portraiture is not what inspires me. Sport as a metaphor for life and faith fascinates me - our collective allegiance and dedication to the gods and deities of the game, the mass psychology and identification, almost prehistoric and primal. It is the mythic power of the stadium, the arena, which has become the new basilica and pyramid, synagogue and temple.”
Tafa Fiadzigbe has been exhibited in a numerous galleries and institutions in the United States, Europe and Africa. His works are part of private and public collections in the Superior Court in Washington D.C., Fort Frederik Museum, Sparrow Hospital, Michigan, Ghana’s national museum, Carver Federal Bank and Danforth Museum. TAFA’s art was exhibited at the Academy during a public art show on Thursday, 21 January 2010.
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