Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rikki Wemega-Kwawu

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Valoem ^talk ^contrib 23:54, 19 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Rikki Wemega-Kwawu

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Based on my research, he fails WP:GNG and WP:ARTIST. I was unable to find a reliable source regarding the San Diego exhibition, but even then, he was in a group show with one piece in the exhibition. Work is not held in any notable collections, yet. But, perhaps others can show other wise. Always happy to have more notable artists on Wikipedia. SarahStierch (talk) 16:33, 4 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Google search yields a whole lot, yes including a lot of his writing contributions, but there is so much that it seems clear to me that he is notable as an artist. He is in exhibition of 5 African artists in London. In one-man shows. He was adjunct professor of a major U.S. university, at its Ghana-based program. Much more. He is probably notable as a writer alone, too. To me the visual appearance of his works is striking. I like the collage composed of African phone cards that looks like patterns on cloth. I don't think AFD should be for clean-up, with a homework exercise set for AFD participants. --do ncr am 11:40, 5 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Hi Don. he does not pass WP:ACADEMIC nor our notability guidelines for WP:ARTIST. I have plenty of colleagues who are adjuncts internationally, and colleagues who have exhibited work around the world at notable and non-notable galleries, but that does not necessarily mean they pass notability guidelines. As an art historian myself, I failed to see any significance in how he passed our guidelines for those two notability guidelines I mentioned, let alone GNG. I wish liking the art of a subject made it possible to have a Wikipedia article, I'd have a lot of artists I collect on Wikipedia :) SarahStierch (talk) 15:46, 5 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Africa-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 17:11, 5 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Visual arts-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 17:11, 5 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep. Per doncram. He seems to have exhibitions in museums internationally (U.S., UK, the Netherlands) etc. He writes but I don't think he is an academic by profession, but lends a political and anthropological slant to art departments that he visits. He is an artist and his writings seem to be as a cultural/political commentator on dynamics of art criticism and globalization - the effects of western art criticism on works of artists from a former colonized nation. Since he is from Ghana there may be a cultural inclination to dismiss him. His views on the politics of art are very interesting. I think this is a situation where wikipedia standards e.g. WP:ACADEMIC, WP:ARTIST are so rigid as to exclude notable persons from non western countries because they don't fit in our usual categories. Parabolooidal (talk) 22:23, 5 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NorthAmerica¹⁰⁰⁰ 02:47, 12 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Borderline notability...Modernist (talk) 02:48, 16 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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