Accra, June 21, GNA – The Chief Executive
Officer of Artists Alliance Gallery, Professor Ablade Glover, has urged
government and relevant stakeholders to develop a sustainable policy framework
to recognise, promote and honour talents in the various fields to enhance
development.
He said the nation must know what she had and
tightly hold on to it as most nations had their images boosted internationally
as a result of exploits by talented citizens.
Speaking at the 30th Anniversary
Celebration of Mrs Kate Abena Badoe as an Artist, during the opening of her
exhibition gallery of drawings and paintings, he said Mrs Badoe was one of the
shining examples in the art industry and her work must be recognised and
promoted by all and sundry.
Mrs Badoe, on her part, said she discovered
her talent at an early age and was resolved to developing it, adding that her
husband was instrumental in the passion to pursue that career.
She said every aspect of work she had created
had some aspects of her philosophy to life in it, adding; “being an artist who
is African has helped me over the years to grow in my appreciation of my
heritage and all that endears me to it.”
“The end product, hopefully, gives viewers
insight into some aspects of African cultures and their representation in a
contemporary way,” she said.
Mrs Badoe, who lives in Tennessee, United
States of America, has held numerous solos as well as group exhibitions of her
art work, which reflected the style and themes of her work.
Her first art exhibition was in 1987 at the
British Council in Accra. Her artworks, apart from being patronised by
Ghanaians, have been collected internationally mainly in Nigeria, USA, Canada
and the United Kingdom.
GNA