African Aesthetic
How can you define the African aesthetic? A continent made up of 54 countries — each with their own culture, their own traditions and their own social structures – no doubt produces stylistically varied African artists.
The literary movement Négritude was led by the writers Aimé Césaire, Léon Damas and Léopold Sédar Senghor and played a huge part in the development of modern African art. Founded in 1937 by a group of African student artists in Paris, a city with a tolerant and diverse art scene, the movement grew globally. The movement aimed to critique colonialism and cultivate an appreciation for Black and African culture, the effects of which no doubt is imperative to the contemporary African art scene.
According to Léopold Sédar Senghor, in order for African art to progress it had to reflect the modernity of the present by responding to contemporary social issues and artistic styles, while celebrating traditional culture. By also drawing from other Modernist movements such as the Harlem Renaissance and Surrealism, the African aesthetic of visual art focuses on these principles and is today conveyed by the likes of Angu Walters who focuses on everyday life in African villages. Whilst Faie Davis seeks to use her lens to capture an appreciation for those who retain tradition.
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Love Must Reciprocate
Oyeleye Feranmi
Painting - 91.4 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 24 x 1 inch
$2,000
Change and Growth 2
Oluwafemi Afolabi
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1 inch
$2,600
Change and Growth 1
Oluwafemi Afolabi
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1 inch
$2,600
Woman of Virtue (Feminine Epidemic series)
Ogunniyi Oluwatosin
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch
$3,200
150 Years From Now 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Colours
Ogunniyi Oluwatosin
Painting - 152.4 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 60 x 48 x 1 inch
$6,000
Texture of Identity (Beauty Within Us)
Fasalejo Tobiloba
Painting - 61 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 20 x 1 inch
$1,350
Life as a Means To Knowledge - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Man, Bird
Akinboye Akinola Peter
Painting - 108 x 91.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 42.5 x 36.2 x 1 inch
$2,950
As Far As You Can See
Eniafe Gbenga
Painting - 55.9 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 22 x 20 x 1 inch
$1,350
Materia XV
Mikael Kenta
Photography - 74.9 x 59.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 29.5 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$2,200
Materia XIV
Mikael Kenta
Photography - 74.9 x 59.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 29.5 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$2,200
Materia XIII
Mikael Kenta
Photography - 74.9 x 59.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 29.5 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$2,200
Materia XII
Mikael Kenta
Photography - 74.9 x 59.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 29.5 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$2,200
Materia XI
Mikael Kenta
Photography - 74.9 x 59.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 29.5 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$2,200
Materia X
Mikael Kenta
Photography - 74.9 x 59.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 29.5 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$2,200
Materia IX
Mikael Kenta
Photography - 74.9 x 59.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 29.5 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$2,200
Materia VIII
Mikael Kenta
Photography - 74.9 x 59.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 29.5 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$2,200
Materia VII
Mikael Kenta
Photography - 74.9 x 59.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 29.5 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$2,200
Materia III
Mikael Kenta
Photography - 74.9 x 59.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 29.5 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$2,200
Materia VI
Mikael Kenta
Photography - 74.9 x 59.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 29.5 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$2,200
Materia V
Mikael Kenta
Photography - 74.9 x 59.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 29.5 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$2,200
Materia IV
Mikael Kenta
Photography - 74.9 x 59.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 29.5 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$2,200
Materia II
Mikael Kenta
Photography - 74.9 x 59.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 29.5 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$2,200
Materia I
Mikael Kenta
Photography - 74.9 x 59.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 29.5 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$2,200
Kipusa (gorgeous)
Mosoti Kepha
Sculpture - 48.5 x 31 x 2.5 cm Sculpture - 19.1 x 12.2 x 1 inch
$2,253
Treasury - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Mixed Media, Africa
Ogunniyi Oluwatosin
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch
$3,350
Blood Sister - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Black Women Face
Ogunniyi Oluwatosin
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch
$3,350
Alone Not Alone
Akinboye Akinola Peter
Painting - 119.9 x 99.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.3 x 1 inch
$2,800
Last shot
Akinboye Akinola Peter
Painting - 119.9 x 99.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.3 x 1 inch
$2,800
Diaphanous
Akinboye Akinola Peter
Painting - 99.8 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.3 x 31.5 x 1 inch
$4,000
In The Stillness (I'm Not Everything, But Still Me)
Samson Adetunji
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1 inch
$2,850
Sometimes At The Beach - 21st Century
Joshua Salami
Painting - 91.4 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 30 x 1 inch
$2,750
Nothing Feels Better Than True Love
Joshua Salami
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1 inch
$2,799
J'ai allumé une bougie 7
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
Fine Art Drawings - 18 x 12 x 0.01 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.1 x 4.7 x 0 inch
$417
J'ai allumé une bougie 5
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
Fine Art Drawings - 18 x 12 x 0.01 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.1 x 4.7 x 0 inch
$417
J'ai allumé une bougie 4
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
Fine Art Drawings - 18 x 12 x 0.01 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.1 x 4.7 x 0 inch
$417
J'ai allumé une bougie 3
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
Fine Art Drawings - 18 x 12 x 0.01 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.1 x 4.7 x 0 inch
$417
J'ai allumé une bougie 2
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
Fine Art Drawings - 18 x 12 x 0.01 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.1 x 4.7 x 0 inch
$417
Who Are You? - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Fashionable Men
Oladire Araireoluwa
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch
$2,750
Waiting for the rain in Wamba
John Kenny
Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,187
At the heart of Huile
John Kenny
Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,122 $1,010
Young Hamer Woman
John Kenny
Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,340
Fula Nomad at Golondi
John Kenny
Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,340
Fulani Bapteme Ceremony
John Kenny
Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,340 $1,206
Overseeing Merille
John Kenny
Photography - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,251 $1,913
Rendille Mother and Child
John Kenny
Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,122 $1,010
Beads of the Omo Valley
John Kenny
Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,122
Lady of the Arbore
John Kenny
Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,122
Lines that lead to perfection
John Kenny
Photography - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$3,528
The pure Wodaabe
John Kenny
Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,340 $1,206
La Vielle Ame (The Old Soul) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Modern
Alawaye Tope
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1 inch
$2,950
Afar woman of Assaita
John Kenny
Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,940
Lemarleni
John Kenny
Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,122 $1,010
Behind the Great Mosque in Djenne
John Kenny
Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,122
Sisterhood 2 (Love and Strength)
Oyeleye Feranmi
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch
$3,250
