PUBLICATIONS

“Melvin Edwards and the Poetic of a Blacksmith”

Lydie Diakhaté
  • Published in Wasafiri Magazine, Routledge (August 2015)

 

  • Essay about the renowned African-American sculptor Melvin Edwards.Edwards is a pioneer and prominent artist in the history of contemporary African American art and American sculpture. Drawing upon African sources as well as the western modernist tradition of welded steel sculpture, Melvin Edwards has created a profound and beautiful body of art.
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Published by Lydie Diakhaté

Film Producer & Director, Curator for Art Programs, and Art critic Lydie Diakhaté is a Film Producer and Curator for art exhibitions and cultural programs. She produces and disseminates African and African Diaspora films and other arts. Co-founder of the Real Life Documentary Festival in Accra from 2006 to 2011, she has worked with prestigious partners from Europe, Africa and the US.

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