Much like Dorothy in 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,' the artist behind Ghana's 'Yellow Brick Road' is motivated by a longing for home.
Much like Dorothy in the story"The Wonderful Wizard of Oz," who must follow a magical yellow route to find a way back to Kansas, Serge Attukwei Clottey -- the artist behind Ghana's"Yellow Brick Road" -- is motivated by a longing for home.
. A powerful emblem of the struggles of everyday life, they have also become a symbol of African art, since Clottey put them at the center of his"Afrogallonism" movement.Clottey grew up using the containers to fetch water for his house before moving in with his uncle, who had a running tap. But the gallons, which actually have a capacity of 20 to 25 liters, or about 6 US gallons, then took on a different meaning for the Accra-born artist.
In 2016, after cutting up hundreds of them, he started the"Yellow Brick Road" -- his largest public installation -- in Accra's Labadi Beach area, where he grew up.
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