Fowokan, the Glossary
George "Fowokan" Kelly (born 1 April 1943) is a Jamaican-born visual artist who lives in Britain and exhibits using the name "Fowokan" (a Yoruba word meaning: "one who creates with the hand").[1]
Table of Contents
43 relations: Africa, African diaspora, Ancient Egypt, Autodidacticism, Benin City, Brazil, British Museum, Brixton, Cuba, Cymande, David A. Bailey, Europe, Greco-Roman world, Guildhall Art Gallery, Harvard University, Havana Biennial, History of Africa, Holland Cotter, Jamaica, Keith Piper (artist), Kingston, Jamaica, Linton Kwesi Johnson, London, Mary Seacole, National Portrait Gallery, London, New Humanist, New York (state), Nigeria, No Colour Bar, Pearl Alcock, Pernambuco, Race Today, Royal Academy of Arts, Royal Festival Hall, Sculpture, Sonia Boyce, South London, Studio Museum in Harlem, Unilever, United Kingdom, W. E. B. Du Bois Research Institute, Yoruba language, 198 Contemporary Arts and Learning.
- Jamaican artists
- Jamaican expatriates in Nigeria
- Jamaican sculptors
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia.
African diaspora
The global African diaspora is the worldwide collection of communities descended from people from Africa, predominantly in the Americas.
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Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt was a civilization of ancient Northeast Africa.
Autodidacticism
Autodidacticism (also autodidactism) or self-education (also self-learning, self-study and self-teaching) is the practice of education without the guidance of schoolmasters (i.e., teachers, professors, institutions).
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Benin City
Benin City is the capital and largest city of Edo State, southern Nigeria.
Brazil
Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest and easternmost country in South America and Latin America.
British Museum
The British Museum is a public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London.
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Brixton
Brixton is an area of South London, part of the London Borough of Lambeth, England.
Cuba
Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba, Isla de la Juventud, archipelagos, 4,195 islands and cays surrounding the main island.
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Cymande
Cymande (pronounced) are a British funk group that was originally active in the early 1970s.
David A. Bailey
David A. Bailey (born 1961), is a British Afro-Caribbean curator, photographer, writer and cultural facilitator, living and working in London.
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Europe
Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.
Greco-Roman world
The Greco-Roman civilization (also Greco-Roman culture or Greco-Latin culture; spelled Graeco-Roman in the Commonwealth), as understood by modern scholars and writers, includes the geographical regions and countries that culturally—and so historically—were directly and intimately influenced by the language, culture, government and religion of the Greeks and Romans.
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Guildhall Art Gallery
The Guildhall Art Gallery houses the art collection of the City of London, England.
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Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Havana Biennial
The Bienal de La Habana was an traditional Latin, Caribbean event, originated in Havana, Cuba, that aims to raise awareness to promote contemporary art and giving priority to Latin-American and Caribbean artists.
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History of Africa
Archaic humans emerged out of Africa between 0.5 and 1.8 million years ago.
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Holland Cotter
Holland Cotter is an American writer and co-chief art critic with The New York Times.
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Jamaica
Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At, it is the third largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola—of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean. Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, west of Hispaniola (the island containing Haiti and the Dominican Republic), and south-east of the Cayman Islands (a British Overseas Territory).
Keith Piper (artist)
Keith Piper (born 1960) is a British artist, curator, critic and academic. Fowokan and Keith Piper (artist) are Black British artists and English contemporary artists.
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Kingston, Jamaica
Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island.
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Linton Kwesi Johnson
Linton Kwesi Johnson OD (born 24 August 1952), also known as LKJ, is a Jamaica-born, British-based dub poet and activist. Fowokan and Linton Kwesi Johnson are Jamaican emigrants to the United Kingdom.
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London
London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.
Mary Seacole
Mary Jane Seacole (Anionwu, E. N. (2012), Mary Seacole: nursing care in many lands. British Journal of Healthcare Assistants 6(5), pp. 244–248 23 November 1805 – 14 May 1881) was a British nurse and businesswoman. Fowokan and Mary Seacole are English people of Jamaican descent.
National Portrait Gallery, London
The National Portrait Gallery (NPG) is an art gallery in London that houses a collection of portraits of historically important and famous British people.
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New Humanist
New Humanist is a quarterly magazine, published by the Rationalist Association in the UK, that focuses on culture, news, philosophy, and science from a sceptical perspective.
New York (state)
New York, also called New York State, is a state in the Northeastern United States.
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Nigeria
Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa.
No Colour Bar
No Colour Bar: Black British Art in Action 1960–1990 was a major public art and archives exhibition, the first of its kind in the UK, held at the Guildhall Art Gallery, City of London, over a six-month period (10 July 2015 – 24 January 2016),, FHALMA website. Fowokan and No Colour Bar are Black British artists.
Pearl Alcock
Pearl Alcock (1934 Jamaica – 2006, London, England) was a club owner and artist, best known as a British outsider artist. Fowokan and Pearl Alcock are Black British artists, Jamaican artists and Jamaican emigrants to the United Kingdom.
Pernambuco
Pernambuco is a state of Brazil, located in the Northeast region of the country.
Race Today
Race Today was a monthly (later bimonthly) British political magazine.
Royal Academy of Arts
The Royal Academy of Arts (RA) is an art institution based in Burlington House in Piccadilly in London, England.
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Royal Festival Hall
The Royal Festival Hall is a 2,700-seat concert, dance and talks venue within Southbank Centre in London, England.
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Sculpture
Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions.
Sonia Boyce
Dame Sonia Dawn Boyce (born 1962) is a British Afro-Caribbean artist and educator, living and working in London. Fowokan and Sonia Boyce are Black British artists.
South London
South London is the southern part of London, England, south of the River Thames.
Studio Museum in Harlem
The Studio Museum in Harlem is an American art museum devoted to the work of artists of African descent.
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Unilever
Unilever PLC is a British multinational fast-moving consumer goods company founded on 2 September 1929 following the merger of British soap maker Lever Brothers and Dutch margarine producer Margarine Unie.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.
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W. E. B. Du Bois Research Institute
The W. E. B. Du Bois Research Institute, formerly the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for African and African-American Research, is part of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research located at Harvard University.
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Yoruba language
Yoruba (Yor. Èdè Yorùbá,; Ajami: عِدعِ يوْرُبا) is a language that is spoken in West Africa, primarily in Southwestern and Central Nigeria.
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198 Contemporary Arts and Learning
198 Contemporary Arts and Learning, also known as the 198 Gallery or 198, is an art space and gallery in Railton Road, Brixton, London.
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See also
Jamaican artists
- Albert Chong
- Basil Watson
- Christopher González
- Dave McKenzie (artist)
- Elsie Few
- Errol Lloyd
- Eugene Palmer (artist)
- Fowokan
- Gloria Escoffery
- Guy Harvey
- Hazel Rodney Blackman
- Helen Adelaide Wood
- Hope Brooks
- Ian Moo-Young
- Isaac Mendes Belisario
- Jacqueline Bishop
- Jodie Lyn-Kee-Chow
- Kofi Kayiga
- List of Jamaican artists
- Ma Lou
- Margaret Chen
- Namba Roy
- Nari Ward
- Neville Garrick
- Pearl Alcock
- Petrona Morrison
- Ras Daniel Heartman
- Renee Cox
- Richard Nattoo
- Tamara Natalie Madden
- Wilfred Limonious
- William Berryman
Jamaican expatriates in Nigeria
- Fowokan
- John Figueroa
- M. G. Smith
- Noel DaCosta
Jamaican sculptors
- Deborah Anzinger
- Errol Lloyd
- Fowokan
- Margaret Chen
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fowokan
Also known as Fowokan George Kelly, Fowokan Kelly, George "Fowokan" Kelly, George 'Fowokan' Kelly, Kenness "Fowokan" Kelly, Kenness 'Fowokan' Kelly, Kenness George "Fowokan" Kelly, Kenness George 'Fowokan' Kelly, Kenness George Kelly.