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![Painting, Transition, Meshach Samo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2174573_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Toughened Identity, Woko Aguru](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2156615_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Trying to engage, James Mutisya](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1156095_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Kamba ladies gossiping, James Mutisya](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1156065_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, L'attente, Koffi Mounou Désiré](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1739808_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Sculpture Shetani Homme Sage, Agostino Malaba](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/141070_1_grid.jpg)
Sculpture Shetani Homme Sage
Agostino Malaba
Sculpture - 100 x 35 x 30 cm Sculpture - 39.4 x 13.8 x 11.8 inch
€3,000
![Sculpture, Sculpture Shetani homme et animal, Agostino Malaba](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/140224_1_grid.jpg)
Sculpture Shetani homme et animal
Agostino Malaba
Sculpture - 100 x 35 x 30 cm Sculpture - 39.4 x 13.8 x 11.8 inch
€3,000
![Sculpture, Sculpture Shetani Homme au téléphone, Agostino Malaba](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/136339_1_grid.jpg)
Sculpture Shetani Homme au téléphone
Agostino Malaba
Sculpture - 70 x 30 x 30 cm Sculpture - 27.6 x 11.8 x 11.8 inch
€3,000
![Painting, To the Market VI, Angu Walters](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2161804_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Blues Singers III, Angu Walters](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1992498_1_grid.jpg)
The Blues Singers III
Angu Walters
Painting - 100 x 120 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 0 inch
€3,298
![Painting, The Dancers painting from Africa, Angu Walters](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1987299_1_grid.jpg)
The Dancers painting from Africa
Angu Walters
Painting - 120 x 94 x 0.1 cm Painting - 47.2 x 37 x 0 inch
€3,493
![Print, Andosonia, Zanoarisoa Rajaona](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1190247_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Village painting from Africa, Angu Walters](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1031505_1_grid.jpg)
Village painting from Africa
Angu Walters
Painting - 80 x 100 x 0.1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0 inch
€2,425
![Painting, In the Village, Angu Walters](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1028628_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Drummer and the Flutist V, Angu Walters](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1025481_1_grid.jpg)
The Drummer and the Flutist V
Angu Walters
Painting - 90 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch
€2,134
![Painting, The Town Cryer II, Angu Walters](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1024074_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Frolicking, Chika Idu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1005393_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Family party I, René Tavares](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1802235_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Family IV an African portrait, Angu Walters](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2157861_1_grid.jpg)
Family IV an African portrait
Angu Walters
Painting - 130 x 100 x 0.1 cm Painting - 51.2 x 39.4 x 0 inch
€2,910
![Painting, All Heads Together XIV, Angu Walters](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2155541_1_grid.jpg)
All Heads Together XIV
Angu Walters
Painting - 100 x 130 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 51.2 x 0 inch
€3,493
![Painting, Mother's pride, Chika Idu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2016054_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Father's pride, Chika Idu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2016051_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Happy Family XXI, Angu Walters](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1028931_1_grid.jpg)
The Happy Family XXI
Angu Walters
Painting - 90 x 80 x 0.1 cm Painting - 35.4 x 31.5 x 0 inch
€2,231
![Painting, Born-House Twin, Angu Walters](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1024086_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Happy Villagers IV, Angu Walters](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1023159_1_grid.jpg)
The Happy Villagers IV
Angu Walters
Painting - 79 x 59 x 0.1 cm Painting - 31.1 x 23.2 x 0 inch
€2,037
![Painting, Couple...loosely coupled, Ronex Ahimbisibwe](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/936552_1_grid.jpg)
Couple...loosely coupled
Ronex Ahimbisibwe
Painting - 120 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1 inch
€2,350
![Print, Banjo Players III giclée art print, Angu Walters](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1333305_1_grid.jpg)
Banjo Players III giclée art print
Angu Walters
Print - 90 x 68 x 0.1 cm Print - 35.4 x 26.8 x 0 inch
€291
![Painting, Smiling girls, Elisha Ongere](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1134504_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Two samburu girls, Elisha Ongere](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1134423_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Girl with cap, Elisha Ongere](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1134279_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Polite Elephant, James Mutisya](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1156173_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Male Lion, James Mutisya](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1156155_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Time to sow, James Mutisya](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1156113_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, African Ladies from the market, James Mutisya](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1156086_1_grid.jpg)
African Ladies from the market
James Mutisya
Print - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
€200
![Print, Young maasai boys playing, James Mutisya](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1156062_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Playing with a spear, James Mutisya](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1155822_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Kilumi (Kamba Dance), James Mutisya](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1147671_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Thatching, James Mutisya](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1147614_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Les femmes des iles, René Tavares](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1802244_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mini plaisir, René Tavares](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1802241_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, El retrato futurito, René Tavares](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1802238_1_grid.jpg)
El retrato futurito
René Tavares
Painting - 147 x 147 x 4 cm Painting - 57.9 x 57.9 x 1.6 inch
€6,800
![Painting, Dialogue IV, Angu Walters](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1025244_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, African Dancers IV, Angu Walters](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2165827_1_grid.jpg)
African Dancers IV
Angu Walters
Painting - 130 x 100 x 0.1 cm Painting - 51.2 x 39.4 x 0 inch
€2,910
![Painting, The Drummer and the Flutist VIII, Angu Walters](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2159698_1_grid.jpg)
The Drummer and the Flutist VIII
Angu Walters
Painting - 130 x 100 x 0.1 cm Painting - 51.2 x 39.4 x 0 inch
€3,201
![Painting, The place of secrets II, Chika Idu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2016033_1_grid.jpg)
The place of secrets II
Chika Idu
Painting - 217.4 x 119.9 x 10.2 cm Painting - 85.6 x 47.2 x 4 inch
€23,662
![Painting, The place of secrets, Chika Idu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2016027_1_grid.jpg)
The place of secrets
Chika Idu
Painting - 209.6 x 119.9 x 10.2 cm Painting - 82.5 x 47.2 x 4 inch
€23,662
![Painting, Weightless II, Chika Idu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2016009_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Weightless, Chika Idu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2016006_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Happy Family XXXI, Angu Walters](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1975548_1_grid.jpg)
The Happy Family XXXI
Angu Walters
Painting - 100 x 150 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0 inch
€4,075
![Painting, African Juju Society II, Angu Walters](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1677498_1_grid.jpg)
African Juju Society II
Angu Walters
Painting - 100 x 130 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 51.2 x 0 inch
€3,201
![Painting, Opening the Festival V, Angu Walters](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1547925_1_grid.jpg)
Opening the Festival V
Angu Walters
Painting - 100 x 150 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0 inch
€4,269
![Painting, All Heads Together XII, Angu Walters](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1364169_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Town Crier II, Angu Walters](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1326198_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, To the Market 5 painting from Africa, Angu Walters](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1312605_1_grid.jpg)
To the Market 5 painting from Africa
Angu Walters
Painting - 79 x 99 x 0.1 cm Painting - 31.1 x 39 x 0 inch
€2,522
![Painting, Saturday Market IV, Angu Walters](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1054293_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, African Blues Singers, Angu Walters](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1032282_1_grid.jpg)
African Blues Singers
Angu Walters
Painting - 100 x 150 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.4 inch
€4,366
![Painting, Welcome, Angu Walters](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1030869_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Play the Banjo II, Angu Walters](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1025817_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Dialogue V, Angu Walters](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1025445_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, To the Market III, Angu Walters](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1024848_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Prayer V, Angu Walters](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1024110_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Happy Villagers I, Angu Walters](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1024071_1_grid.jpg)
The Happy Villagers I
Angu Walters
Painting - 99 x 119 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39 x 46.9 x 0 inch
€2,619
![Painting, Saturday Market, Angu Walters](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1024014_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Drummer, Angu Walters](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1023129_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Blues Band II, Angu Walters](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1023120_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mother, Father and Child, Angu Walters](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1023006_1_grid.jpg)
Mother, Father and Child
Angu Walters
Painting - 99 x 78 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39 x 30.7 x 0 inch
€2,716
![Painting, African Dancers, Angu Walters](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1022940_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, She is strong I, Collin Sekajugo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/936555_1_grid.jpg)
She is strong I
Collin Sekajugo
Painting - 100 x 120 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 1 inch
€2,950
![Painting, Red Dancer, Eric Tournaire](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1090236_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Green fish, Eric Tournaire](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1090023_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The fisherman, Eric Tournaire](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1089345_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Photo-Souvenir, Koffi Mounou Désiré](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1510119_1_grid.jpg)
Photo-Souvenir
Koffi Mounou Désiré
Painting - 190 x 190 x 5 cm Painting - 74.8 x 74.8 x 2 inch
€7,300
![Painting, Tribunal, Omar Logang](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2007636_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Panoramique, Omar Logang](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1988541_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Love of Music, Charles Nkomo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1034745_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, After the party, Charles Nkomo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1034712_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Life Goes On, Diseye Tantua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/741672_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Life No Get Photocopy, Diseye Tantua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/741657_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, No time, Diseye Tantua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/741645_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, No Space 4 Nonsense, Diseye Tantua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/741636_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Who no know go know, Diseye Tantua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/741507_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Aunty Mansa and daughter, Emmanuel Adiamah](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176013_1_grid.jpg)
Aunty Mansa and daughter
Emmanuel Adiamah
Painting - 68.6 x 68.6 x 10.2 cm Painting - 27 x 27 x 4 inch
€7,955
![Painting, Cayenne Pepper Seller, Emmanuel Adiamah](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176007_1_grid.jpg)
Cayenne Pepper Seller
Emmanuel Adiamah
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 10.2 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 4 inch
€6,306
![Painting, Dance Time, Papytsho Mafolo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1742643_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Front door, Papytsho Mafolo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1742592_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Messenger, Angu Walters](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1031481_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Kora Player III giclée art print, Angu Walters](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1026627_1_grid.jpg)
Kora Player III giclée art print
Angu Walters
Print - 89 x 89 x 1 cm Print - 35 x 35 x 0.4 inch
€291
![Print, Family giclée art print, Angu Walters](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1054422_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Music is Love VII, Angu Walters](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1032357_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Happy Family VI, Angu Walters](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1022964_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Twin 2 giclée art print, Angu Walters](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1935282_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Welcome giclée art print, Angu Walters](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1065354_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Dialogue IV giclée art print, Angu Walters](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1054641_1_grid.jpg)
Dialogue IV giclée art print
Angu Walters
Print - 80 x 100 x 0.1 cm Print - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0 inch
€291
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.