Wosene Worke Kosrof, Ethiopia (b.1950), Guardians of The Earth I,II,III 2000, Mixed media, acrylic, mixed media, goat skin, found objects, aluminium

Wosene Worke Kosrof
Ethiopia (b.1950)
Guardians of The Earth I,II,III 2000
Mixed media, acrylic, mixed media, goat skin, found objects, aluminium
Signed, titled, inscribed & dated verso

Provenance: Lori Austin Contemporary Art Gallery, Sonoma, CA
Acquired from above, 1990s
Private Collection, Western Australia

This is the only Triptych by the artist

Wosene (his professional name) was born 1950 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and received a BFA from The School of Fine Art, Addis Ababa and an MFA from Howard University, Washington DC in 1980. He is an artist of international reputation, widely exhibited in Africa, Europe, Japan, the US and the Caribbean. Selected museum exhibitions include: Keith Haring Museum of Japan, Kobuchizawa, Japan, 2017; Sharjah Museum Calligraphy Biennial, UAE, 2014; Transformations: Recent Contemporary African Art Acquisitions, Fowler Museum, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 2009; Newark Museum, Newark, NJ 2004; National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC 2004; Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA; and Seven Stories about Modern Art in Africa, Whitechapel Gallery, London 1995.

Collections include the National Museum of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa; The National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA; The Newark Museum, NJ; The Neuberger Museum at Purchase, NY; Birmingham Museum of Art, AL; Indianapolis Museum of Art, IN; Keith Haring Museum of Japan, Kobuchizawa; North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC; Fowler Museum, UCLA, CA; Samuel P. Harn Museum, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; and The Voelkerkunde Museum, Zurich, Switzerland as well as many international private and corporate collections.
https://skotogallery.com/wosene-worke-kosrof-words-matter-two/

Ethiopian painter, Wosene Kosrof, acknowledged by the New York Times, August 13th. " Is Wosene an African artist? An American artist? Modern? Postmodern? He is all of these. And however indirectly, his art is a reminder that African art may borrow elements of modern Western style, but in absolutely essential ways, Western modernist art originated in Africa. The link is forged yet again..
http://spiritsinstone.com/wosene/sfcarticle.html

Internationally acclaimed Ethiopian painter, Wosene, hailed by Smithsonian Art Curators as one of the best artists of the 21st century and purchased for the permanent museum collection. The artist explores ancient symbols meshed with modern and tells the story of human history.
Dimensions: Overall: 122 x 90 cm Artist Name: Wosene Worke Kosrof Medium: Mixed media, acrylic, mixed media, goat skin, found objects, aluminium

Condition: Good, not framed