Gillion Grantsaan

Gillion Grantsaan (Paramaribo, Suriname 1968) G.H. Grantsaan writes, makes room installations, 3D assemblages, drawings, digital collages and animations on the internet.

Isn’t there anyone out there genuinely hot for that real black thing? And am I, a black visual artist, capable of generating that drive that gave birth to Calypso, Funk, Hip Hop, Bleus, Mambo, Jazz and of translating this drive into visual art. As Ogri Art. Ogri art is a product of black consciousness. Ogri art is elitism and there to be judged on its quality. Black in Ogri art means to be political. Ogri art is an innovative synthesis of two or more Weltanschauungen. Ogri art is not the exclusive domain of people of African origin. As A fact Ogri art has nothing to do with the skin Pigment of the artist. But with the dreams that always accompany me: Dream A, B and C. Dream A is for producing images for my political ideals and black socio-cultural informations. Dream B stands for shocking the world with innovative images. Dream C wants to inscribe my fellow immigrants in the course of World history.