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INTRODUCING GHANAIAN ARTIST DELA ANYAH
As climate change is becoming a more pressing issue each day, and environmental awareness is slowly becoming an integral part of our everyday lives, artists are also faced with the need to reflect on this problem in their art. The most common practice for this topic is upcycling, which is the process of transforming waste materials, useless, or unwanted products into something new and artistic. This practice requires a lot of skill and creativity and in addition to their aesthetic value, works of art created in this way also have an environmental value, as well as a unique and irreplaceable charm.
In his sculptures and installations, Dela Anyah transforms discarded objects as butyl inner tubes, polypropylene sacks, license plates and rubber tyres, into assemblages using garment-making techniques such as weaving and patchwork.
In transforming discarded objects into assemblages, Ghanaian-born Dela Anyah considers the ways value and identity are expressed in discarded objects through the process of up-cycling. He dubs his practice Afrobutylism, coined after his predominant material of choice discarded butyl inner tubes, which pose environmental concerns due to burning and poor waste management in Ghana.
Anyah was an artist in residence at the Noldor Residency in 2022. He came in as Second Runner Up for the Kuenyehia Prize in 2023. His work belongs in the collections of the Institute Museum of Ghana and the Isshaq Foundation in Accra, Ghana.
You can experience Anyah's captivating artworks among other great artists at SUMMERTIME'23 THE ANNUAL GROUP SHOW at Bredgade 75. The exhibition can be seen until August 18th, 2023.
Opening hours: Wednesday-Friday 15-18, Saturday 12-16 or after appointment. Please note that the gallery will be closed for summer holidays between July 16 - Aug. 2. For further information and sales request, please contact the gallery at: hello@christofferegelund.dk or at +45 33 93 92.
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