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African Dancers giclée art print
Angu Walters
Print - 80 x 97 x 0.1 cm Print - 31.5 x 38.2 x 0 inch
£246
Femme feuille assise et enfant
Salfo Dermé (Yabré)
Sculpture - 44 x 21 x 18 cm Sculpture - 17.3 x 8.3 x 7.1 inch
£1,602
Power Black Excellence
Ebuka Michael
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
£623
Tryptich - The Black on Black Collection
Faie Davis
Photography - 62.2 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Photography - 24.5 x 30 x 1 inch
£984
Faceless - Hidden Identities
Ebuka Michael
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0 inch
£2,946
Faceless - Hidden Identities
Ebuka Michael
Photography - 40 x 30 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 inch
£623
The Queen of Africa
Mosoti Kepha
Sculpture - 183 x 60 x 28 cm Sculpture - 72 x 23.6 x 11 inch
£4,406
Dans un ciel ensoleillé, un nuage gris-blanc figurant une mère portant son enfant et un homme couché sur le dos
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
Fine Art Drawings - 49 x 39 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.3 x 15.4 x 0 inch
£1,068
Bawounon: La sublime / Beauté: la venus violette
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 16 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.9 x 6.3 inch
£579
Rendille Moran at Nyiru
John Kenny
Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
£1,250
Tagro Gougossi. La célèbre en beauté
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
Fine Art Drawings - 23 x 15 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.1 x 5.9 inch
£979
De divines taches de peintures se révèlent en un divin art pris sur peau de banane jaunie
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
Fine Art Drawings - 23 x 15 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.1 x 5.9 inch
£1,068
100 titres
Gatien Mabounga
Fine Art Drawings - 140 x 86 cm Fine Art Drawings - 55.1 x 33.9 inch
£1,380
Nguegalengo girl from Garganta, with goat. Angola
Faie Davis
Photography - 61 x 58.5 x 2.5 cm Photography - 24 x 23 x 1 inch
£799
Mukuaita wearing ker ungava hairstyle. Angola
Faie Davis
Photography - 61 x 58.5 x 2.5 cm Photography - 24 x 23 x 1 inch
£799
Nguengalengo boy with chicken
Faie Davis
Photography - 61 x 58 x 2.5 cm Photography - 24 x 22.8 x 1 inch
£799
Le monde perdu V
Soly Cissé
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 42 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 16.5 x 0.4 inch
£1,335
Sans titre
Gatien Mabounga
Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 50 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.6 x 19.7 inch
£1,157
Sans titre
Gatien Mabounga
Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 50 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.6 x 19.7 inch
£1,246
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Gatien Mabounga
Fine Art Drawings - 66 x 133 cm Fine Art Drawings - 26 x 52.4 inch
£1,691
Sans titre
Bruce Tchibozo
Fine Art Drawings - 32.5 x 50 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.8 x 19.7 inch
£534
Série irréalité, l'amour du prochain
Benjamin Déguénon
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 65 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0 inch
£1,780
Série irréalité, l'amour du prochain
Benjamin Déguénon
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 65 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0 inch
£1,780
Salle d'attente 6
Gatien Mabounga
Fine Art Drawings - 120 x 100 cm Fine Art Drawings - 47.2 x 39.4 inch
£2,225
Yet, I rise, beautiful!
Chika Idu
Painting - 152.4 x 121.9 x 10.2 cm Painting - 60 x 48 x 4 inch
£7,296
Sisters in Yellow 3
Oluwafemi Afolabi
Painting - 152.4 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 60 x 48 x 1 inch
£3,688
Calebasse peinte
George Lilanga
Sculpture - 40 x 30 x 30 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 11.8 x 11.8 inch
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La femme a joué tous ses rôles
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 11 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.9 x 4.3 inch
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Sans titre (la femme qui marche)
Salfo Dermé (Yabré)
Sculpture - 49 x 17 x 21 cm Sculpture - 19.3 x 6.7 x 8.3 inch
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The blue haired model
Mosoti Kepha
Sculpture - 130 x 30 x 12 cm Sculpture - 51.2 x 11.8 x 4.7 inch
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Aucun homme n'a reçu de la nature le droit de commander aux autres
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
Fine Art Drawings - 11.5 x 15 cm Fine Art Drawings - 4.5 x 5.9 inch
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Qualities of an African Lady
James Mutisya
Print - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
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La bouteille baignée de lumière rosée
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
Fine Art Drawings - 19 x 15 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.5 x 5.9 inch
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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.