Entries by Darren

Adelaide Damoah Profile

Adelaide Damoah Profile Source: Diamond Touch Magazine Published: December 2006 Adelaide, founder, Black Brits, talks about her art inspiration and how endometriosis – a chronic painful condition has affected her life. Have you ever imagined famous icons such as Winston Churchill, Princess Diana and Kate Moss as black people? Adelaide Damoah did and she created […]

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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 […]

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Campaigning Artist Fights Her Cause With a Brush

Campaigning Artist Fights Her Cause With a Brush Source: PRIDE Published: December 2006 Author: Vicky Huntly The bright, career-driven daughter of British immigrant Ghanaian parents had her sights on the corporate ladder until her ambition and her life abruptly changed direction. In February this year Adelaide Damoah staged her first exhibition. Black Brits was rather unusual. […]

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It’s a question of colour, says artist Adelaide

It’s a question of colour, says artist Adelaide Source: Bexley Times Published: February 2006 Author: Charlotte Tamvakis These portraits might be in colour but they all about the differences between black and white. There are among 30 paintings of British icons being shown in Islington this month. Black Brits is a series of portraits – including […]

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Becks to Black

Becks to Black Artist Gets Under The Skin Source: New Nation Published: 13th February 2006 Author: Akosua Annobil-Dodoo If David Beckham were a black man, as misguided broadcaster Paul McKenzie claimed during a Channel Four documentary in 2003, would the England Football captain be as successful as he is? Adelaide Damoah, a 29-year old self-taught painter, […]

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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 […]

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Adelaide asking colour questions

Adelaide asking colour questions Source: Thurrock Gazette Published: February 2006 The debut exhibition of a Grays artist is encouraging the public to think differently about their favourite icons and celebrities. Adelaide Damoah, 29, is launching her first solo exhibition, named Black Brits, at the end of February. Adelaide wants the exhibition to question how the […]

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