tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4394091134843173911.post7071091216113322839..comments2023-11-02T04:59:13.814-07:00Comments on ephemera assemblyman: Film Poster Paintings from Ghanajoel.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07778296146683285398noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4394091134843173911.post-37012555976208573092012-04-19T19:59:48.138-07:002012-04-19T19:59:48.138-07:00I found myself smiling after looking at the poster...I found myself smiling after looking at the posters. The movies are scary but the posters appeared to be funny. <br />xo,<br />Grace|<a href="http://www.allinoneposters.com/" rel="nofollow">employment posters</a>ggoodrichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15376323092462481961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4394091134843173911.post-63711317576295762512012-03-20T05:20:50.922-07:002012-03-20T05:20:50.922-07:00Nice paintings..excellent art..web designing compa...Nice paintings..excellent art..<a href="http://www.web-designs-company.com" rel="nofollow">web designing company</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4394091134843173911.post-71207848815620695582012-02-06T03:08:42.233-08:002012-02-06T03:08:42.233-08:00These are some awesome ones. I have a collection m...These are some awesome ones. I have a collection myself of these African movie posters. I am selling some of them as well. Check them out here: http://www.etsy.com/shop/SecousseEveryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02451144673008528233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4394091134843173911.post-19867222773407687102011-11-27T22:52:22.852-08:002011-11-27T22:52:22.852-08:00Magnificent.Magnificent.Term Papershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03187222208400647797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4394091134843173911.post-70410444360741689352010-09-14T22:23:30.078-07:002010-09-14T22:23:30.078-07:00I have some reason to believe this guy might be th...I have some reason to believe this guy might be the artist who did the Children of the Corn III poster<br /><br />http://www.grographics.com/wordpress/2006/06/27/akirash/<br /><br />either way that American Cyborg poster looks pretty greatAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4394091134843173911.post-1531767893593860012010-06-26T15:40:12.264-07:002010-06-26T15:40:12.264-07:00there's a book with some of these and others t...there's a book with some of these and others too in it. it's called ghanavision.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4394091134843173911.post-77477815472333306802010-06-06T23:26:16.075-07:002010-06-06T23:26:16.075-07:00looking greatlooking greatkiteshttp://tamilhindimovies.com/2010/06/watch-kites-movie-online/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4394091134843173911.post-4147493354046092292010-05-21T06:29:02.387-07:002010-05-21T06:29:02.387-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Santiago Gianihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15458284128539683937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4394091134843173911.post-29347313128451737322010-03-16T03:56:43.037-07:002010-03-16T03:56:43.037-07:00I have real paintings like these from Ghana. Commi...I have real paintings like these from Ghana. Commissioned some when I went to visit my mom over there. They're simply fabulous! You can take any pic to them and they will recreate it - truly talented artists!Lize du Plessishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04841513569256795514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4394091134843173911.post-5948408141839413252010-02-19T20:44:11.094-08:002010-02-19T20:44:11.094-08:00anybody else get really familiar feelings from som...anybody else get really familiar feelings from some of the images in the posters? I know some like Deadly Prey are copied directly from the original poster (which makes the tiny head even stranger) but the dog/something in Killer Toys gave me serious vibes of something else and I think it reminded me of the cow in Guernica... and when I looked up Guernica just now the random hand gripping a pistol in the Terminat<3r poster seems similar but I might be pushing it there. Also a lot of things reminded me of Japanese/Chinese art, the completely random fish in Spy Who Love Me and I forget if it was Children of the Corn or one of the other ones has an old lady that I think is either channeling the Wizard of Oz or some kind of Yama-uba creature. And the one monster biting down on an arm reminded me of a Tengu. And the lady/monster with bugs in her hair reminds me of a demonic shampoo ad lol. Not seriously but it does seem like it was traced (modified to say the least)from some photograph. I'm really curious about the ratio of original/reappropriated images from paintings/posters/advertising. It doesn't help that I have no idea what somebody from Ghana would be exposed to during that time period - I'm surprised half those movies were successful enough that they were being shown in the first place (what the hell is Killer Toys anyway?)<br /><br />The Cujo poster creeps me out about 100 times worse than any of the others. Anybody else think his eyes look way too human/intelligent? And the shape reminds me of a man sitting or standing, like the torso doesn't correspond to the rest of the figure. (I mean aside from the bottom belonging to a rottweiler) It almost reminds me of that Francis Bacon painting where it suggests 4 or 5 different figures and then disguised as a cute basset hound on top of everything else. The one detailed eye when the other is just this blot creeps me out too, I don't know if it's an all-seeing eye feel or what. My last theory was it it doesn't even look like a living breathing dog, it looks like a man /wearing/ a dog or some kind of freaky Ed Gein thing like that. Again the uh lady reminds me of some mutant geisha. A lot of the posters in general have this feel like limbs don't correspond to bodies in a way that should seem unskilled but feels too purposeful at the same time. I don't think it would be half as scary if it were fully realistic or cartoonish. My mind keeps switching between thinking it's just a bad painting and everything was done the exact way they intended. Some of the posters come off as way more morbid than the others so maybe it's just one artist where I'm seeing that. (The Evil Dead poster for example doesn't really scare me at all, that creature in the corner is really strange but for some reason bizarre != scary in that case)<br /><br /><br />sorry if I got some of the images/posters they're from wrong I'm too squeamish and immediately scrolled to the bottom of the page<br /><br />has anybody ever tracked down the artists who did these? and how many unique artists are there between the posters shown? I'm really curious what the heck they're like, if this is their sellout commercial art what in the world would their original art look like<br /><br />sorry if this read like a book report but these paintings are just such an enigma, I can't even start to figure them out or if there's even anything to figure out in the first place. There's another website with more Ghanese posters like these, some were more on the pulpy side of things but one was for The Rise and Fall of Idi Amin where he's painted in a style like these. So then for a while I thought oh god what if everything in these posters has some embedded/double meaning kind of like these http://wellmedicated.com/inspiration/50-incredible-film-posters-from-poland/<br /><br />um in closing I like all the ad-bots "very impressive keep up the good work"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4394091134843173911.post-48616927750390651362010-02-17T03:07:35.283-08:002010-02-17T03:07:35.283-08:00I took some of these posters and put them alongsid...I took some of these posters and put them alongside the original movie posters - I must say, the Ghanaian ones are so much more interesting!Term paperhttp://www.flashpapers.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4394091134843173911.post-68836253658925133362010-02-11T04:37:25.600-08:002010-02-11T04:37:25.600-08:00Amazing. Enchanting. Advertising in this type of P...Amazing. Enchanting. Advertising in this type of <a href="http://www.posterninjas.com/" rel="nofollow">Posters</a> makes people turn towards it.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13675592804716400903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4394091134843173911.post-82289290449314482782010-01-27T11:12:15.551-08:002010-01-27T11:12:15.551-08:00These look similar to the horror comic books I use...These look similar to the horror comic books I used to read. Very scary. My Blog : <a href="http://www.desigirls.us/" rel="nofollow">earn money</a> chao!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17515787199794724611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4394091134843173911.post-32746053413362791622010-01-05T10:50:14.102-08:002010-01-05T10:50:14.102-08:00Good times there.. Saw some of the same in Russia ...Good times there.. Saw some of the same in Russia back in the 90s, in the bootleg video markets.Marius "Snakepunch" Melbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06639800926055628721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4394091134843173911.post-40352750625708213862009-12-30T23:59:13.063-08:002009-12-30T23:59:13.063-08:00Excellent picture.I am really impressed.I want to ...Excellent picture.I am really impressed.I want to buy it...Thanksnaatshttp://www.tauheed-sunnat.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4394091134843173911.post-9166127275443680292009-12-29T12:02:31.682-08:002009-12-29T12:02:31.682-08:00Well that was a nice post. I liked it.
BathmateWell that was a nice post. I liked it.<br /><a rel="nofollow">Bathmate</a>Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17973158588529257263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4394091134843173911.post-84661188272752897302009-12-16T23:38:32.330-08:002009-12-16T23:38:32.330-08:00i remember the first time i saw children of the co...i remember the first time i saw children of the corn, sleep walkers and poltergeist...it scares me :) child thoughts...movies and advertisinghttp://www.30sec.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4394091134843173911.post-76107988613530889762009-12-14T12:55:58.572-08:002009-12-14T12:55:58.572-08:00as a young child i use to see (and remember) some ...as a young child i use to see (and remember) some of the posters on seeing them lol.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4394091134843173911.post-80817699535714408452009-12-05T06:59:56.644-08:002009-12-05T06:59:56.644-08:00Interesting. Most of these seem to be from self-ta...Interesting. Most of these seem to be from self-taught artists, but some seem to be from people with some formal artistic education. Take, for instance, the cubist-inspired Terminator poster or the House Party one (the technique and the visual design are fairly sophisticated for what was probably meant to be disposable art). The video guys probably hired some starving art students.Sarapenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16177788338808263098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4394091134843173911.post-79447369885079622962009-12-04T11:20:09.328-08:002009-12-04T11:20:09.328-08:00These should be the official promotional images fo...These should be the official promotional images for all these movies. They express so well their artistic intent and cultural value.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06705965117748902159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4394091134843173911.post-2419129690144398572009-10-07T04:19:53.287-07:002009-10-07T04:19:53.287-07:00this is morbidity at its finest! wow.this is morbidity at its finest! wow.website designhttp://www.branditsolutions.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4394091134843173911.post-48158378155900698732009-10-03T00:38:56.023-07:002009-10-03T00:38:56.023-07:00Nice blog I like it ! If you want the best free ho...Nice blog I like it ! If you want the best free hosting details at <a href="http://hubpages.com/hub/hosting-ms-sql-web" rel="nofollow">http://hubpages.com/hub/hosting-ms-sql-web</a> and much much more ...Jonathannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4394091134843173911.post-65893200065510815022009-09-27T14:40:22.103-07:002009-09-27T14:40:22.103-07:00I'd love to see these as t-shirts. They're...I'd love to see these as t-shirts. They're awesome!BoutikBoutik.com teeshttp://www.boutikboutik.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4394091134843173911.post-26984569957525984202009-09-22T08:20:18.883-07:002009-09-22T08:20:18.883-07:00I found your blog by clicking through CinemaRetro&...I found your blog by clicking through CinemaRetro's blog. I'm so glad I did!<br /><br />A truly mind-tingling heck of a time. Scrolling down the page just got better and better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4394091134843173911.post-24926535738891877492009-09-19T05:59:30.513-07:002009-09-19T05:59:30.513-07:00Hi J.L. - I agree - looks like a Psychopath movie!...Hi J.L. - I agree - looks like a Psychopath movie!<br /><br />I took some of these posters and put them alongside the original movie posters - I must say, the Ghanaian ones are so much more interesting!<br /><br />Being in Ghana, I should really try and find some of these locally!The pale observerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01597175124251218057noreply@blogger.com