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If It Don’t Exist, Build It addresses all of Larry Achiampong’s major work over the course of his career in film, sculpture, installation, sound, collage and performance. It explores the broader themes and ideas that have informed his artistic practice and shaped the creation of his most ambitious projects, including the multi-disciplinary Relic Traveller series.
Featuring an intimate extended interview with the artist, this is an insightful monograph that will appeal to admirers of Achiampong and his work. It will also interest anyone excited by bold art that continually pushes at the boundaries of form and medium, and that responds profoundly to many of the most pressing social issues of our time.
Larry Achiampong is a British Ghanaian artist who works in film, sculpture, installation, sound, collage, music and performance. Drawing on popular culture and his communal and personal heritage, his work explores postcolonial and post-digital identity, and the deeply entrenched inequalities in contemporary society. Recent projects include commissions with The Line, London; De la Warr Pavilion; the Liverpool Biennial 2021 and Art on the Underground, Roundel designs for TfL Westminster, London (2019). Achiampong is a recipient of the Stanley Picker Fellowship (2020), the Paul
Hamlyn Foundation's Award for Artists (2019) and he is a Jarman Awardnominated
artist (2018 & 2021).
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