{"id":1164215,"date":"2022-07-12T18:41:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-12T18:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/07\/12\/kwesi-botchways-first-print-edition-sold-out-days-after-release\/"},"modified":"2022-07-12T18:41:00","modified_gmt":"2022-07-12T18:41:00","slug":"kwesi-botchways-first-print-edition-sold-out-days-after-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/07\/12\/kwesi-botchways-first-print-edition-sold-out-days-after-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Kwesi Botchway’s first print edition sold out days after release"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ghanaian contemporary artist, Kwesi Botchway together with Avent Arte on their first-ever print edition has sold out all 40 portraits of its stylish masterpiece art a few days after its release.<\/p>\n

The stylish portrait of a black African woman with tempi that were inspired by the beauty of the Black experience through impressionism got art enthusiasts in awe after its release.<\/p>\n

Released on June 15, 2022, the cotton paper art piece shows how the Black African woman is confidently fitted in her chair in all luxury and boldness.<\/p>\n

\"Kwesi<\/figure>\n

\u201cThe sitter reclines confidently into her chair, luxuriating in a casual moment of relaxation. Rich purple is integral to Botchway\u2019s palette \u2013 connoting royalty, seduction and glamour. Acrylic hand-finishing draws focus to areas where Botchway believes our emotions are best portrayed; the eyes and lips.\u201d<\/p>\n

The stylish portrait which comes in two different dimensions, unframed: 43.3in x 37.4in, Framed: 46.5in x 40.6in x 1.6in is estimated to have sold for $5000 to $7000 each, respectively.<\/p>\n

Framed in a black painted wooden visible grain and fitted with UV plexiglass for protection, the fine art comes in a hand-pulled, 57-layer silkscreen with bespoke silver ink and fine glitter, printed on 410gsm Somerset Tub Sized Radiant White paper and uniquely hand-finished by the artist in acrylic paint with the embedded signature of the artist which gives it a complete finishing.<\/p>\n

\"Kwesi<\/figure>\n

According to him, the ability to draw the viewers into his works has been his selling point. <\/p>\n

\u201cMy work compels the viewer to become physically and emotionally invested in the subject\u2019s story,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Kwesi Botchway\u2019s manager and studio director Musa Mousse, he expressed his profound gratitude for the success of this printout edition. \u201cThis is a big deal for the African art community,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Kwesi currently is poised to work on the release of his second set of limited-edition prints.<\/p>\n

\"Kwesi<\/figure>\n

Kwesi Botchway is an artist and founder of Worldfaze art studio in a compelling vision whose paintings speak of the richness and complexity of black lives.<\/p>\n

Born in Accra-Ghana and studied Art, at the Ghanatta College of Art and Design. His Paintings help create an intriguing dialogue between the subject\u2019s message and the viewer.<\/p>\n

Kwesi Botchway over the years is credited with displaying numerous artworks exemplifying the richness of the black African society and its story.<\/p>\n

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Ghanaian contemporary artist, Kwesi Botchway together with Avent Arte on their first-ever print edition has sold out all 40 portraits of its stylish masterpiece art a few days after its release. The stylish portrait of a black African woman with tempi that were inspired by the beauty of the Black experience through impressionism got art […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1164217,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[20317,1475,1558,3600,11074,2358,4879],"class_list":["post-1164215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-botchways","tag-days","tag-edition","tag-kwesi","tag-print","tag-release","tag-sold"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1164215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1164215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1164215\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1164215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1164215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1164215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}