African Aesthetic
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Gender Personality
Woko Aguru
Painting - 121 x 106.1 x 3 cm Painting - 47.6 x 41.8 x 1.2 inch
£3,555
Tribute to Kúlódò
Emmanuel Ojebola
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch
£4,147
What my eyes have seen
Emmanuel Ojebola
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch
£3,732
The First Lady
Oladire Araireoluwa
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1 inch
£1,410
Mystery of Freedom
Oluwafemi Afolabi
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1 inch
£2,654
Omidan (Maiden) 3
Oluwafemi Afolabi
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1 inch
£2,571
Omidan (Maiden) 4
Oluwafemi Afolabi
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1 inch
£2,571
Omidan (Maiden) 5
Oluwafemi Afolabi
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1 inch
£2,571
Omidan (Maiden) 6
Oluwafemi Afolabi
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1 inch
£2,571
ua langu (my flower)
Mosoti Kepha
Sculpture - 48 x 32 x 2.5 cm Sculpture - 18.9 x 12.6 x 1 inch
£1,680
State of Mind II
Damola Ayegbayo
Painting - 119.4 x 91.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 47 x 36 x 2 inch
£1,327
Hardwork and discipline
Ebuka Michael
Photography - 90 x 60 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 inch
£2,488
La peau d'une orange séchée paraissant être à la fois un pistolet et une gueule de chien
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
Fine Art Drawings - 18 x 11 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.1 x 4.3 inch
£800
Frash-a-Dash
Maisha Marshallende
Photography - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
£711
Frash-a-Dash
Maisha Marshallende
Photography - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
£711
Frash-a-Dash
Maisha Marshallende
Photography - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
£711
Nianga, le mouton habillé en Louis Vuitton et sa friperie
Enfant Précoce / Francis Essoua Kalu
Painting - 260 x 210 x 3 cm Painting - 102.4 x 82.7 x 1.2 inch
£20,822
Himba children tree master
Faie Davis
Photography - 61 x 51 x 0.1 cm Photography - 24 x 20.1 x 0 inch
£1,161
Himba Beauty
Faie Davis
Photography - 85.8 x 76.8 x 0.25 cm Photography - 33.8 x 30.2 x 0.1 inch
£1,244
Jus de cola versé sur carton jauni image ici, les races du monde mises et vues aux couleurs d’arc-en-ciel
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
Fine Art Drawings - 23 x 15 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.1 x 5.9 inch
£978
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
£1,550
At the heart of Huile
John Kenny
Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
£795
Lion of the Kalahari
John Kenny
Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
£950
Fula Nomad at Golondi
John Kenny
Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
£950
Fulani Bapteme Ceremony
John Kenny
Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
£950
Overseeing Merille
John Kenny
Photography - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
£1,595
Rendille Mother and Child
John Kenny
Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
£795
Beads of the Omo Valley
John Kenny
Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
£795
Lady of the Arbore
John Kenny
Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
£795
At the edge of the Jade Sea
John Kenny
Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
£950
Afar woman of Assaita
John Kenny
Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
£1,222
kijana shujaa (young warrior)
Mosoti Kepha
Sculpture - 49 x 30.5 x 2.5 cm Sculpture - 19.3 x 12 x 1 inch
£1,680
Kipusa (gorgeous)
Mosoti Kepha
Sculpture - 48.5 x 31 x 2.5 cm Sculpture - 19.1 x 12.2 x 1 inch
£1,680
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
£795
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.