NADA New York 2023

Superhouse is honored to present a solo installation of new sculpture by the preeminent Ghanaian artist Paa Joe. For his presentation, the fantasy and figurative coffin artist took inspiration from New York City, a place he had only seen in images. Shown within NADA’s Sculpture Projects, Paa Joe chose a basketball, a giant rat, and an NYC trashcan stuffed with refuse. Each work is a scaled-down example of the artist’s full-size coffins, known as abeduu adeka, or “proverb boxes,” which illustrate Ghanaian beliefs on life and death.