'The Birds Go Out' (Ausgehen der Vogel). Togolese Woodcut on wove paper by El Loko.  30cm x 27 cm.  Signed and dated by artist 1975. numbered 2 of 20. Framed in contemporary silver frame. 

El Loko. Togolese. (1950-2016). Trained as a textile designer before studying Sculpture, Painting and Graphic Art under Joseph Beuys at the Governmental Ghana Art Academy of Düsseldorf from 1971 to 1979. Resident in Germany. In 1990, he founded the artists association, Weber-Vögel with Bodo Berheide and Bernhard Lüthi in Wuppertal. 

Most noted for attempting to create a cosmic alphabet.  “I have a dream to establish one language for the entire world, create only one way of communication between all human beings on earth. This new way would erase discrimination and racism among all people because they would feel they all belong to the same culture…”