An exhibition in London reveals gruesome and gaudy versions of Hollywood hits, writes Rahul Verma. “They’re not just film posters – they’re 2m-high, one-off, original oil paintings ...

During the 1980s and 1990s, Ghanaian artists created vibrant hand-painted movie posters to promote Hollywood blockbuster films. These posters served as promotional material for mobile cinemas that ...

A Ghanaian movie poster for 'Fright Night,' by the artist Joe Mensah (Ernie Wolfe Gallery) February 4, 2016. Share. Save.

During the 1980s and 1990s, Ghanaian artists created vibrant hand-painted movie posters to promote Hollywood blockbuster films. These posters served as promotional material for mobile cinemas that ...

A movie poster for "Predator," painted by artist Stoger for Royal Gate Video Club in Ashaiman, a town near Accra. Scroll through to see more hand-painted posters from Ghana.

Here’s another batch of indescribably bad-ass Ghanaian movie ads. Yes, these posters will actually make you want to watch Ghost Ship again. Judging from this poster, ...

These posters needed to be portable as well as attention-grabbing. They were usually painted by hand onto sacks or canvas, as large printing presses couldn’t be imported during Ghana’s ...

In Ghana – where the Golden Age of movie posters during the 1980s and 1990s produced these lurid, vibrant and outlandish originals – the movie poster may be a dying art form but it has since ...

Brian Chankin, the owner of Odd Obsession Movies, a cult-video store in Chicago’s Wicker Park, turned his fascination with Ghanaian movie posters into a second business with his sister, Heidi Anne.

Mobile cinema businesses became wildly popular in Ghana in the 1980s and 1990s. As a way to attract viewers, proprietors commissioned local artists to paint film posters with creative license ...

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