Art – Adelaide Damoah

Art – Adelaide Damoah
Source: Flavour Magazine
Published: December 2006
Author: Annika Allen

Trevor McDonald and Princess Diana, what two things do they both have in common? The answer: they are both British stars whose pictures have been painted by artist Adelaide Damoah. What’s special about these portraits is the fact that Adelaide paints black icons white and white icons black. “I needed to do an exhibition,” states the 30 year old. “And I did not think that random faces painted by an unknown self taught artist would attract any interest, and being Black and British, I decided to look at British icons, and what it meant to be an icon in the UK.”

“I discussed with close friends what Princess Diana and Naomi Campbell would look like with reversed skin colours and the conversation progressed to whether or not they would still be icons.”

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