Portrait of Ruth
Sesse Elangwe Ngeseli
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 3 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1.2 inch
£4,710
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Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 3 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1.2 inch
£4,710
Painting - 100 x 100 x 0.8 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.3 inch
£3,317
Painting - 61 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 20 x 1 inch
£1,120
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
£5,332
Painting - 152.4 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 60 x 48 x 1 inch
£5,224
Painting - 91.4 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 30 x 1 inch
£1,949
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch
£2,322
Sculpture - 30 x 17 x 11 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 6.7 x 4.3 inch
£1,066
Painting - 100 x 75 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
£2,666
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 10.2 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 4 inch
£5,391
Print - 56.7 x 85 x 0.1 cm Print - 22.3 x 33.5 x 0 inch
£355
Photography - 90 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 35.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
£889
Painting - 76.2 x 66 x 2.5 cm Painting - 30 x 26 x 1 inch
£995
Sculpture - 48.5 x 31 x 2.5 cm Sculpture - 19.1 x 12.2 x 1 inch
£1,680
Photography - 61 x 58.5 x 26 cm Photography - 24 x 23 x 10.2 inch
£809
Painting - 118 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 46.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
£1,955
Painting - 102 x 102 x 3 cm Painting - 40.2 x 40.2 x 1.2 inch
£1,777
Photography - 60 x 90 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
£1,155
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
£1,600
Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 11.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.9 x 4.5 inch
£622
Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
£755
Photography - 105 x 70 x 0.3 cm Photography - 41.33 x 27.55 x 0.1 inch
£2,571
Print - 29.5 x 19.5 x 0.5 cm Print - 11.6 x 7.7 x 0.2 inch
£880 £440
Painting - 70 x 50 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 inch
£1,458
Photography - 40 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
£711
Print - 100 x 50 x 3 cm Print - 39.4 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
£178
Photography - 106.7 x 109.2 x 3 cm Photography - 42 x 43 x 1.2 inch
£7,554
Print - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
£178
Sculpture - 37 x 29 x 18 cm Sculpture - 14.6 x 11.4 x 7.1 inch
£755
Painting - 180 x 180 x 5 cm Painting - 70.9 x 70.9 x 2 inch
£2,222
Fine Art Drawings - 57 x 50 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22.4 x 19.7 inch
£1,111
Painting - 40 x 60 x 2.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 23.6 x 1 inch
£1,289
Print - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£249
Painting - 150 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 2 inch
£3,110
Design - 80.5 x 20.5 x 1.2 cm Design - 31.7 x 8.1 x 0.5 inch
£1,111
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 30 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 11.8 inch
£1,511
Fine Art Drawings - 47.5 x 63 cm Fine Art Drawings - 18.7 x 24.8 inch
£3,110
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
£3,555
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 32 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 12.6 x 0 inch
£1,244
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.