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Reflections of happiness
Daté Amouzou
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
£1,600
Faces and Colours (Woman Identity)
Woko Aguru
Painting - 48 x 42 x 3 cm Painting - 18.9 x 16.5 x 1.2 inch
£1,333
Yekenfer Wedaj IX
Leikun Nahusenay
Painting - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£1,777
Les ancêtres I
Soly Cissé
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 42 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 16.5 x 0.4 inch
£1,333
Les ancêtres II
Soly Cissé
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 42 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 16.5 x 0.4 inch
£1,333
Série dialogue avec l'histoire de l'art 3
Soly Cissé
Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
£755
Série dialogue avec l'histoire de l'art 2
Soly Cissé
Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
£755
Un ange en exil
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 11 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.9 x 4.3 inch
£622
Une maladie qui gonfle le ventre
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 11 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.9 x 4.3 inch
£711
Ne me défends que devant ceux qui m'aiment ; je suis heureux d'être ton époux !!!
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 15 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.9 x 5.9 inch
£693
Ici, soudain un bruit se fit en tendre 'bogoulagô' coup de canon - tonneur dans le ciel !
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 11 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.9 x 4.3 inch
£622
Le peuple de la cité de Dieu
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 11 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.9 x 4.3 inch
£622
La cuisine métissée
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 11 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.9 x 4.3 inch
£622
La mer et sa parure
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 15 cm Fine Art Drawings - 4.3 x 5.9 inch
£622
Le menu du jour
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 11 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.9 x 4.3 inch
£622
Beginning and ending (after Roger Ballen)
Roger Ballen
Design - 80.5 x 20.5 x 1.2 cm Design - 31.7 x 8.1 x 0.5 inch
£1,111
Sans titre
Serigne Ibrahima Dièye
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 30 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 11.8 inch
£1,511
Sans titre
Serigne Ibrahima Dièye
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 30 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 11.8 inch
£1,511
Sans titre
Serigne Ibrahima Dièye
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 30 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 11.8 inch
£1,511
L'amour de l'humanité Un bon cœur reçoit tout le monde
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
Fine Art Drawings - 19 x 15 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.5 x 5.9 x 0.1 inch
£755
Journey to meet the ocean
Harouna Ouedraogo
Painting - 144 x 144 cm Painting - 56.7 x 56.7 inch
£3,555
Série - Les images de la galerie du jour - Agnes b.
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
Fine Art Drawings - 19 x 15 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.5 x 5.9 x 0.1 inch
£3,022
Damsel-Life size - Cast bonze Ssculpture with patina and lacquer finish
Nnamdi Okonkwo
Sculpture - 91.4 x 106.7 x 114.3 cm Sculpture - 36 x 42 x 45 inch
£44,783
The Blues Band II giclée art print
Angu Walters
Print - 69 x 96 x 0.1 cm Print - 27.2 x 37.8 x 0 inch
£290
Oromo Lady of Bati
John Kenny
Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
£2,500
Beauty in the Sahel
John Kenny
Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
£1,950
Samburu shepherd
John Kenny
Photography - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
£2,500
Série Mains, Fianarantsoa, Madagascar, 2017
Pierrot Men
Photography - 30 x 45 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 inch
£1,689
Omoge Awelewa (The Beauty Maiden)
Oladire Araireoluwa
Painting - 182.9 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 72 x 48 x 1 inch
£2,471
Obinrin (Woman)
Oladire Araireoluwa
Painting - 114.3 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 45 x 30 x 1 inch
£1,725
Scenario III
Georges Fikry Ibrahim
Fine Art Drawings - 47.5 x 63 cm Fine Art Drawings - 18.7 x 24.8 inch
£3,110
Mary – African Head Wrap Series 1
Mosoti Kepha
Sculpture - 53 x 25 x 12 cm Sculpture - 20.9 x 9.8 x 4.7 inch
£1,955
Andre Stylin'
Hassan Hajjaj
Photography - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
£7,021
Nothing to be Ashamed of (Body Positivity) 2
Ogunniyi Oluwatosin
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1 inch
£2,488
Woman with deep thought (Feminine epidemic series) II
Ogunniyi Oluwatosin
Painting - 91.4 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 24 x 1 inch
£1,858
Aren't We All Hungry?
Ogunniyi Oluwatosin
Painting - 76.2 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 30 x 24 x 1 inch
£1,866
First Love Yourself
Ogunniyi Oluwatosin
Painting - 76.2 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 30 x 24 x 1 inch
£1,866
Your dreams are valid
Ogunniyi Oluwatosin
Painting - 91.4 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 24 x 1 inch
£2,322
Just soar, Don't hesitate
Ogunniyi Oluwatosin
Painting - 76.2 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 30 x 24 x 1 inch
£1,866
Expansive Potential
Ogunniyi Oluwatosin
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1 inch
£2,322
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
£2,654
La maison de Bretagne N°2
Omar Logang
Painting - 38 x 46 x 3 cm Painting - 15 x 18.1 x 1.2 inch
£711
La maison de Bretagne N°1
Omar Logang
Painting - 38 x 46 x 3 cm Painting - 15 x 18.1 x 1.2 inch
£711
L'entrée du Port de Bretagne
Omar Logang
Painting - 38 x 46 x 3 cm Painting - 15 x 18.1 x 1.2 inch
£711
Twin 2 painting from Africa
Angu Walters
Painting - 69 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 27.2 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£1,161
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.