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women in my work and people do ask me, why do you paint so many women? The first time I was asked the question, I didn't think about it. I just opened my mouth and said because they are more beautiful than men. That wasn't a serious answer. It was later, thinking about it, that it struck me they have courage. Women of Africa have some courage and they show it. When they walk the street, they are elegant. They are courageous, they are brave. When they are going about, they show it. Men don't do that, do they?"
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Glover's style has been described as "swirling between abstraction and realism", and his subject matter typically favours large urban landscapes, lorry parks, shantytowns, thronging markets and studies of the women of Ghana. Asked about his influences, he has said: "...if you notice, you see a lot of
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in 2008. As well as being an outlet for Glover's own work, this gallery features the work of other significant
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to apply paint, rather than brushes. Glover went on to further his education in the US, first at
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Glover returned to Ghana to teach for a while, before another scholarship, given by
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Ablade Glover on Ghana’s Art Scene and His Own
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Glover has received several national and international awards, including the
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UNESCO works of art collection: Glover, Ablade PEOPLESCAPE, 1991
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