On Stage: Ibrahim Mahama

Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama, introduced us to the jute sacks he repurposes for his art – he takes them everywhere with him, keen to create art in different environments. “I’m an artist with no shame. I go into any space and ask if I can work there – factories, railways and so on,” he said. “Sometimes people say no, but mostly they say yes.” Context is everything to Mahama, and irony and anti-colonialist commentary inform his socially oriented artworks. Ibrahim Mahama is a Ghanaian mixed-media artist who lives and works in Accra, Kumasi and Tamale, Ghana.