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1655 Sawtelle Blvd
Los Angeles, CA, 90025
United States

310-478-2960

Drawing on 40+ years of field collecting in both East and West Africa, the Ernie Wolfe Gallery specializes in juxtaposition exhibitions between the works of modern American, often Southern California based artists, and those of contemporary African painters and sculptors, as well as traditional tribal sculpture and furniture.

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Established 1981

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Drawing on 40+ years of collecting Art in East and West Africa, the Ernie Wolfe Gallery specializes in juxtaposition exhibitions between the works of modern American, often Southern California based artists, and those of contemporary African painters and sculptors .... as well as traditional tribal sculpture and furniture.

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View fullsize #TBT to our 2006 Holiday card in New Zealand! On this penultimate day of Hanukkah and with the holiday season quickly coming upon us, it’s nice looking back at the days when we could travel to the other side of the world and enjoy a crowded din
View fullsize #MoviePosterMonday “Jock! Start The Engine!”~ We’re revving up today with this classic Golden Age Hand Painted Movie from Ghana by seminal Ghanaian artist Francisco, published on p. 130 of Extreme Canvas 2 (2012)! A founding member
View fullsize #TBT to 2016 in Hong Kong with Tracey Emin, the late great Sir David Tang, Johnson Chang, and EW III at Hanart TZ Gallery’s show of “Kung Fu in Africa” featuring some of the very best Martial Art Movie Posters in our collection of H
View fullsize Has this iconic kung-fu pose ever looked better than in this Golden Age Movie Poster from Ghana, painted in 1993 by Ghanaian artist Leonardo? ⁠ ⁠ Dig the feather star jagged edges of that bombastic explosion, the rippleosity of everything from muscle
View fullsize #TBT Looking out from the docks of the Tamarind Restaurant across the waters, at old town Mombasa, the city/town that became the famous Island Kingdom—Photo by Tonio Trzebinski * circa 1980’s. That’s the Tarzanic boy babe, slightly
View fullsize #MoviePosterMonday What better way to celebrate Cyber Monday than with this Cyber Tracker 2 poster painted by Ghanaian master artist Joe Mensah in 1995! This and many other Golden Age hand-painted movie posters from Ghana from our largest-in-the-worl
View fullsize #MoviePosterMonday Do you remember that moment in Predator when this beautiful naked lady was trapped in the spindly green claws of this terrifying, horned anthropomorphic warthog monster? I sure don’t! This imagination-driven, iconic, Golden
View fullsize R.I.P. Sean Connery: Today we remember the wonderful life of Sean Connery (1930-2020), who is painted here by legendary Ghanaian artist Joe Mensah in this Golden Age Hand-Painted Movie Poster from Ghana! Connery once said, “More than anything
View fullsize Shout out to these 2, wearing masks since 1989! 🎃👹Happy Halloween!! ▶️Swipe right to read the rest of this invite from Friday the 13th of October, 1989 In photo: papier-mâché carnival masks from Guinea Bissau, vigango sculptures from
View fullsize #FacemaskFriday We've got two new facemasks based off our last two posters we shared, with Mel Gibson in Mad Max and Chuck Norris in Walker Texas Ranger: War Zone!⁠ ⁠ These and other limited edition facemasks are now available on our website (link in
View fullsize #MoviePosterMonday Did you know that when Chuck Norris unwinds a roundhouse kick, it reaches all the way to West Africa? Dig the iconic action hero in this 1996 Golden Age hand-painted movie poster from Ghana by brilliant Ghanaian artist Stoger!⁠ ⁠ M
View fullsize #MoviePosterMonday Do you think this is the most underrated Mad Max film? Dig this Golden Age Hand-Painted Movie Poster from Ghana of Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdom(e), published in Extreme Canvas 2 (2012)!⁠ ⁠ This Ghanaian twist on the legendary America
View fullsize #MoviePosterMonday What a fitting representation of Queen Latifah’s first leading role in a feature film, as she radiates badassery in this beautiful and rare 1997 Ghanaian Hand-Painted Movie Poster by the legendary Kumasi artist Babs! Queen L
View fullsize #MoviePosterMonday Sigourney Weaver and Michael Biehn are positively glowing in this early Golden Age Ghanaian Hand-Painted Movie Poster by the ever-brilliant D.A. Jasper of Ghana! Published on p. 76 of Extreme Canvas (2000) and recently exhibited a
View fullsize #MoviePosterMonday Rippleosity and Muscles Galore!! Dig this very rare and beautiful 1996 Golden-Age Ghanaian Hand-Painted Movie Poster by the brilliant Dan Nyankumah of Ghana of the classic 1988 film, Blood Sport, published on p. 335 of Extreme Can
View fullsize #MoviePosterMonday Before the box office success of Wonder Woman and Captain Marvel, this 1999 late Golden Age Ghanaian Hand-Painted Movie Poster by our old friend and very talented painter, Bright Obeng, was for many Ghanaian moviegoers the first in
View fullsize #TBT “Pima Yako Leo Hapa” (Swahili) — Measure Yours Here Today! What do you think they’re measuring?? This one-of-a-kind Kenyan signboard, hand-painted on plywood is about as good as it gets! It was field collected on the di
View fullsize #MoviePosterMonday Hey Officer, I think you may have something on your face… Actually 3 things! This 1994 Golden Age Hand-Painted Masterpiece of a Movie Poster by the legendary Joe Mensah of Ghana was nearly the cover of our book, if it weren
View fullsize #TBT to 2016’s “Erection Calm Pains”... Bertiers has got them all covered—the usual cast of characters! Who do you recognize here? Even the protagonists of today’s dilemma are both included! ➡️ Swipe right to see all th
View fullsize #MoviePosterMonday Can anyone tell us what the Chinese calligraphy is saying on top of this wonderful 1988 Golden Age Hand-Painted Movie Poster from Ghana by the great Alex Boateng? Dig the striking angularity of these Kung-Fu poses, the detail-driv
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