Artist

The Artist:
Kwame Akoto-Bamfo

Kwame Akoto-Bamfo is a versatile Ghanaian artist who is known for his work Nkyinkyim Installation/Museum, cultural activism and contributions to Ghanaian tertiary institutions and traditional communities.

His outdoor sculpture “Nkyinkyim Installation,” dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Transatlantic slave trade, is on display at the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama. The work is directly connected to a larger installation of the same name made up of over 1,500 portraits of Africans in the Diaspora.

A  r  t  i  s  t     S  t  a  t  e  m  e  n   t

A Blank Slate Palimpsest

Blank is the slate that we write on, but we see through. We see through palimpsest of millions of civil rights placards begging for a chance to breathe… The rights to breathe.

I sculpt yes, but the statement is not my own. The statement is for the people. The African American people, the black people. And people who want to speak up against the tradition of injustice.

That is why the slate is left blank.

– Kwame Akoto-Bamfo

pal·imp·sest
/ˈpaləm(p)ˌsest/
noun: palimpsest; plural noun: palimpsests
a manuscript or piece of writing material on which the original writing has been effaced to make room for later writing but of which traces remain.

  • something reused or altered but still bearing visible traces of its earlier form.

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Blank Slate Tour

CURRENT: GALVESTON, TX

April 5th – July 5th, 2023 ––– Rosenberg Library

HOUSTON, TX

March 4, 2023 – April 4, 2023 ––– Rice University

SELMA, AL

Nov. 21st, 2022 ––– Foot of Edmund Pettus Bridge

Oct. 16th, 2022 ––– ArtsRevive Cultural Center 

MONTGOMERY, AL

Sept. 8th – Oct. 16th, 2022 ––– Mothers of Gynecology

June 18th, 2022 ––– Juneteenth at Rosa Parks Museum

April 12th – July 5th, 2022 ––– The Civil Rights Memorial Center, a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center

ATLANTA, GA

Aug. 27 – Sept. 4th, 2021 ––– Martin Luther King Center

Charlotte, NC

July 1, 2021 ––– The Harvey B. Gantt Center for African American Arts & Culture

Washington, DC

June 29, 2021 ––– We Act Radio

Harlem, NY

June 26, 2021 ––– African Chop House

New York, NY

June 25, 2021 ––– Times Square

Brooklyn, NY

June 24, 2021 ––– Brooklyn Children’s Museum

Pittsburgh, PA

June 20 – 22, 2021 ––– August Wilson African American Cultural Center

Chicago, IL

June 17 – 20, 2021 ––– Dusable Museum

Detroit, MI

June 15 – 16, 2021 ––– Motown Museum

Princeton, IN

June 11 – 12, 2021 ––– Lyles Station Historic Museum

Blank Slate Virtual Town Hall

June 3, 2021 ––– Blank Slate Youtube

Louisville, KY

June 1 – 7, 2021 ––– Kentucky African American Heritage Center

June 8 – 9, 2021 ––– Injustice Square Park

Artist

The Artist:
Kwame Akoto-Bamfo

Kwame Akoto-Bamfo is a versatile Ghanaian artist who is known for his work Nkyinkyim Installation/Museum, cultural activism and contributions to Ghanaian tertiary institutions and traditional communities.

His outdoor sculpture “Nkyinkyim Installation,” dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Transatlantic slave trade, is on display at the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama. The work is directly connected to a larger installation of the same name made up of over 1,500 portraits of Africans in the Diaspora.

A  r  t  i  s  t     S  t  a  t  e  m  e  n   t

A Blank Slate Palimpsest

Blank is the slate that we write on, but we see through. We see through palimpsest of millions of civil rights placards begging for a chance to breathe… The rights to breathe.

I sculpt yes, but the statement is not my own. The statement is for the people. The African American people, the black people. And people who want to speak up against the tradition of injustice.

That is why the slate is left blank.

– Kwame Akoto-Bamfo

pal·imp·sest
/ˈpaləm(p)ˌsest/
noun: palimpsest; plural noun: palimpsests
a manuscript or piece of writing material on which the original writing has been effaced to make room for later writing but of which traces remain.

  • something reused or altered but still bearing visible traces of its earlier form.

Blank Slate Tour

CURRENT: GALVESTON, TX

April 5th – July 5th, 2023 ––– Rosenberg Library

HOUSTON, TX

March 4, 2023 – April 4, 2023 ––– Rice University

SELMA, AL

Nov. 21st, 2022 ––– Foot of Edmund Pettus Bridge

Oct. 16th, 2022 ––– ArtsRevive Cultural Center 

MONTGOMERY, AL

Sept. 8th – Oct. 16th, 2022 ––– Mothers of Gynecology

June 18th, 2022 ––– Juneteenth at Rosa Parks Museum

April 12th – July 5th, 2022 ––– The Civil Rights Memorial Center, a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center

ATLANTA, GA

Aug. 27 – Sept. 4th, 2021 ––– Martin Luther King Center

Charlotte, NC

July 1, 2021 ––– The Harvey B. Gantt Center for African American Arts & Culture

Washington, DC

June 29, 2021 ––– We Act Radio

Harlem, NY

June 26, 2021 ––– African Chop House

New York, NY

June 25, 2021 ––– Times Square

Brooklyn, NY

June 24, 2021 ––– Brooklyn Children’s Museum

Pittsburgh, PA

June 20 – 22, 2021 ––– August Wilson African American Cultural Center

Chicago, IL

June 17 – 20, 2021 ––– Dusable Museum

Detroit, MI

June 15 – 16, 2021 ––– Motown Museum

Princeton, IN

June 11 – 12, 2021 ––– Lyles Station Historic Museum

Blank Slate Virtual Town Hall

June 3, 2021 ––– Blank Slate Youtube

Louisville, KY

June 1 – 7, 2021 ––– Kentucky African American Heritage Center

June 8 – 9, 2021 ––– Injustice Square Park

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