Daniel Mensah

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Hello with his vintage coffin (2006), photo: Regula Tschumi

Daniel Mensah , called Hello (* 1968 in Teshie ), is a well-known Ghanaian coffin artist from the Ga ethnic group .

biography

Daniel Mensah was born in Teshie in 1968 . In 1984 he began his six-year apprenticeship with the coffin artist Paa Joe in Nungua. Daniel Mensah then stayed for eight years as a master carpenter with Paa Joe until he opened his own workshop "Hello Design Coffin Works" in 1998 in the former Kane Kreis studio in Teshie. Hello was involved in various group exhibitions in international museums. His figural coffins can be found in the collections of the British Museum , London and the Sainsbury Center for Visual Arts in Norwich , England , among others .

Participation in group exhibitions (selection)

  • 2011 "Ghanaian" fantasy Coffin ", Sainsbury Center for Visual Arts, University of East Anglia.
  • 2009 to 2010 "Living and Dying Gallery", British Museum , London.

Documentaries (selection)

  • 2011 "Hidden Treasure of Africa", Griff Rhys Jones, BBC London
  • 2009 "Ghana, Sépulture sur mesure", Philippe Lespinasse, Grand Angle Productions, France TV5

literature

  • Regula Tschumi : The buried treasures of Ga.Coffin art from Ghana , Benteli, 2006

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Regula Tschumi: The buried treasures of Ga. Sarg-Kunst from Ghana , 2006: pp. 122–123; 229
personal data
SURNAME Mensah, Daniel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hello (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Ghanaian coffin artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Teshie, Ghana