![Paa Joe (Ghanaian, born 1947), '[Fort] Gross - Friedrichsburg – Princetown.' 1683 Brandenburg, 1717 - 24 Ahanta, 1724 Neths, 1872 Britain, 2004 – 2005 and 2017, emele wood and enamel. PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM, GIFT OF JACK SHAINMAN GALLERY, 2019.58.2 . PHOTO © PAA JOE, COURTESY OF THE ARTIST AND JACK SHAINMAN GALLERY, NEW YORK.](https://www.seegreatart.art/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Paa-Joe-3.jpg)
Ghanaian artist Joseph Tetteh-Ashong (born 1947), popularly known as Paa Joe, gives shape to the starting blocks of the Middle Passage at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta’s presentation of “Paa Joe: Gates of No Return.”
By Chadd ScottStarting Blocks For Transatlantic Slave Trade Explored By Artist Paa Joe
By Chadd Scott
