Hand Painted Movie Posters From Ghana

In the 1980s some entrepreneurs in Ghana invested in vhs video equipment and brought movies to Ghana. They toured the country and brought the magic of film to towns and remote villages many of which did not have electric power (a portable generator was used). The movies were shown in restaurants, school houses or outdoors and in many cases introduced movies to people for the first time.

To promote the films local artists were commissioned to do original movie posters. These posters were typical oil paintings that were rolled up and taken from town to town. The artist recalled scenes from memory but in some cases had not seen the film at all.

Each poster was unique and generally no copies were printed. In the 1990s television became widespread in Ghana and the portable theaters faded away. Since then Ghanaian hand painted movie posters have become popular with collectors around the world.

Terminator 2


Evil Dead 2


The Spy Who Loved Me


Children of the Corn


Cujo


Ewoks The Battle for Endor


House Party


Top Dog


Not sure about these films .. some of them may be Ghanian Films?
If you know the background of these please post in the comments

Movie Illustrations by Justin Reed

Vermont based Illustrator Justin Reed was born in 1979, and received a BFA in Illustration from the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth. We are going to present his work which is based on killer and spectacular movie illustrations. He choose some of the classic and most popular movies and movies characters like batman, joker or dirty harry and create some of the amazing illustrations. His work is totally awesome and give you a totally different look and feel of these famous movies. Lets have a look.

The Good The Bad and The Ugly


The Dark Knight


The Bucket List


Saturday Night Live


Once Upon A Time In America


Magnolia


Kill Bill


Jaws


I Am a Fugitive


Fight Club


Edward Scissorhands


Dirty Harry


Death Proof


Pulp Fiction


American Psycho

Hilarious Currency Manipulations by James Charles

From Star Wars to Jimi Hendrix via politicians or pop icons, James Charles did them all! Currently exhibiting at Shooting Gallery in San Fransisco, they are still couple of them for sell, averaging around $700, very worth it for those beautiful pieces of modern art.















Press Release:

“As of last year, artist James Charles has been engrossed in an interesting new project; small in scale…but large in depth. He began drawing on dollar bills, for the sake of his own amusement; crudely altering the presidents’ faces to become monsters, celebrities, etc. After accidentally spending a few of his early pieces, James decided to stop carrying them in his wallet, and started putting them inside of a magazine for safe-keeping. The magazine folder eventually became a large scrapbook, showcasing bills of all denominations. He found ink and materials to match perfectly what the U.S. Mint uses on the bank notes, and began to experiment with ways to alter the font and script along the bottom of the bills. It became the perfect way for James to inject an additional layer of wit.

“Altering currency in this way also poses questions regarding the true value of paper bills, something made with seemingly insignificant materials – that somehow fuels our country’s evershifting economy, and ultimately impacts living conditions around the globe. James has put a wrench in the recirculation process by claiming his role as an artist, and declaring these specific bills are not currency, but art objects.”