Art – Black & White

Art – Black & White
Source: River Newspaper (Kingston)
Published: February 2006
Author: Ife Adedeji

Kingston graduate Adelaide Damoah’s debut exhibition, Black and White has proved rather more controversial than she might have expected.

Her Black Brits exhibition represents icons like Princess Diana and David Beckham as black people. “I wanted to make a big impact and was interested to see what Princess Diana would look like as a black person,” said the 29-year old. After successfully completing her Biology degree in 1999 Damoah became a medical representative until she developed endometriosis. While recovering she took to painting and art then became a focal point of her life.

The Black Brits collection focuses on altering the faces of British icons without changing their features. Damoah’s depiction of former news reader as a white person aims to gauge whether the British public think of people as a certain colour or whether they are more influenced by what they do. The bespoke artist’s works promises to shock and intrigue by invading the human subconscious and effectively stimulate a response from each visitor to the exhibition.

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