Swopa Sirigu, Lizard and Spiral, 2000s, Screenprint, Framed

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a screenprint by the sirigu women's organisation for pottery and art (swopa) of ghana's upper east region, … Read more About this piece:

a screenprint by the sirigu women's organisation for pottery and art (swopa) of ghana's upper east region, depicting a stylised lizard alongside a spiral motif. Rhythmic geometric patterning in red, black and white gives the composition its pulse — the palette and vocabulary of the sirigu wall-painting tradition, in which women decorate the adobe walls of their compounds with motifs drawn from ancestral story and daily life.

signed lower right and numbered 2/50 lower left. The image measures 50 × 76 cm.

swopa was founded in 1997 by melanie kasise, beginning with fifty-four women, to revive a tradition then in serious decline as young women left the village for work. The organisation has since trained more than four hundred women across pottery, basketry, weaving and painting, and now operates a gallery, workshop and guesthouse in sirigu. Its members travel as far as accra to paint churches, restaurants and hotels — carrying an indigenous artistic language well beyond its village of origin.

presented in a dark wooden frame under glass and delivered by white-glove service, ready to hang. A companion print from the same edition, depicting two birds and a crocodile, is also available. See less