Editorial Archive
Curatorial writing, artist statements, and selected press framing Benjamin Asante's practice from Women in Triumph through This Is Us and the materially refined stillness of the present work.
Selected press
Hearts of Accra
17 September 2026
Out of Africa Art
16 August 2023
Suboart Magazine
23 September 2021
“Inspiration from the unique specific activities that allow us humans to create our own paradise.”
Featured Interview
17 September 2026
Hearts of Accra
A collaborative interview between Benjamin Asante and Hearts of Accra exploring the sources of creative inspiration and the deeply personal activities that shape his studio practice.
“Inspiration from the unique specific activities that allow us humans to create our own paradise.”
Selected features
Press Feature
16 August 2023
A profile feature describing Benjamin Asante as an Accra-based mixed-media artist whose work examines the social habit of reading appearance as character.
Presented here as a profile feature on the practice. The original post sits within an earlier social-media context; this page instead keeps the artist and studio presentation clear, with the current studio account listed as benjamin_asante95.
Featured Interview
23 September 2021
A Suboart Magazine interview that centres This Is Us, Benjamin Asante's defence of self-expression, and the fashion-led references behind the paintings.
Suboart Magazine introduces Benjamin Asante through the socially observant force of This Is Us, positioning the series as a response to the way self-styling and public appearance are too easily treated as moral evidence.
Archive texts
The archive gathers Benjamin Asante's artist statement, series texts, and curatorial framing as a readable editorial layer around the paintings.
Curatorial Text
Curatorial note
Studio curatorial text
A curatorial framing of Benjamin Asante's paintings and yarn-based collages as sites of restraint, dignity, and emotional refuge.
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Statement
Studio statement
Benjamin Asante
Benjamin Asante reflects on figurative painting, yarn as symbolic structure, and the deliberate construction of stillness inside the work.
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Series Statement
Series statement
Studio text
A statement on social perception, self-fashioning, and the dignity of being seen beyond surface judgement.
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Series Statement
Series statement
Studio text
A current body of work considering refuge as something emotionally made rather than physically found.
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