Exhibition

For Edward Lamptey’s artistry,  these beautiful motifs rightly identified, serve as a repository of information about African belief systems and culture.

These motifs in the form of symbols represent concepts personified in human and animal forms and geometric shapes. Edward sees them as a profound philosophical statement on African cosmology.

His artistry borrows largely from the vocabulary of Yoruba and Akan traditional symbols. Using these motifs, Edward’s art communicates concepts about African societies and challenges the viewer to question how belief systems holds African societies together.