African Aesthetic
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Daureu vert et rouge
Eric Tournaire
Painting - 31 x 23 x 0.2 cm Painting - 12.2 x 9.1 x 0.1 inch
£429
Ma chance de la journée
Patsheli Kahambo Kitange
Painting - 140 x 110 x 5 cm Painting - 55.1 x 43.3 x 2 inch
£1,786
Oiseau de mauvaise augure
William Bakaïmo
Painting - 119 x 129 x 4 cm Painting - 46.9 x 50.8 x 1.6 inch
£5,199
Donovan Stylin'
Hassan Hajjaj
Photography - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
£7,056
Wandering Thoughts
Ogunniyi Oluwatosin
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch
£2,737
On est ensemble
Koffi Mounou Désiré
Painting - 114 x 80 x 5 cm Painting - 44.9 x 31.5 x 2 inch
£2,501
African guys teaching Angela dance Bela
René Tavares
Painting - 150 x 160 cm Painting - 59.1 x 63 inch
£7,592
Malikah legs
Hassan Hajjaj
Photography - 94.7 x 70.5 x 4 cm Photography - 37.3 x 27.8 x 1.6 inch
£11,612
Kewkab legs
Hassan Hajjaj
Photography - 94.7 x 70.5 x 4 cm Photography - 37.3 x 27.8 x 1.6 inch
£11,612
Faces (Conditioned Blue)
Woko Aguru
Painting - 122.5 x 106.5 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48.2 x 41.9 x 1 inch
£4,287
Elmore James & Sonny Boy Williams II
Mezzo
Print - 70 x 50 x 0.5 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
£179
My Friend - Original African art
Angu Walters
Painting - 60 x 39 x 0.1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.4 x 0 inch
£663
Lumumba #7
Modou Dieng Yacine
Photography - 103.5 x 66 x 2 cm Photography - 40.7 x 26 x 0.8 inch
£6,699
Lumumba #2
Modou Dieng Yacine
Photography - 103.5 x 66 x 2 cm Photography - 40.7 x 26 x 0.8 inch
£6,699
Lumumba #6
Modou Dieng Yacine
Photography - 103.5 x 66 x 2 cm Photography - 40.7 x 26 x 0.8 inch
£6,699
Lumumba #4
Modou Dieng Yacine
Photography - 103.5 x 66 x 2 cm Photography - 40.7 x 26 x 0.8 inch
£6,699
After the plague 1
Alexander Tadesse
Painting - 111 x 110 x 5 cm Painting - 43.7 x 43.3 x 2 inch
£2,858
Home Coming (The Arrival)
Woko Aguru
Painting - 104 x 104 x 2 cm Painting - 40.9 x 40.9 x 0.8 inch
£2,858
Grues au Port de Nice
Omar Logang
Painting - 130 x 162 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 63.8 x 1.2 inch
£8,932
Éruption marine
Kathia Mohl
Photography - 105 x 92 x 3 cm Photography - 41.3 x 36.2 x 1.2 inch
£2,188
Vague suspendue
Kathia Mohl
Photography - 54 x 212 x 3 cm Photography - 21.3 x 83.5 x 1.2 inch
£2,948
Future has a face III
Chika Idu
Painting - 77 x 59.9 x 7.6 cm Painting - 30.3 x 23.6 x 3 inch
£2,654
Looking for my spot
Chika Idu
Painting - 87.6 x 69.9 x 7.6 cm Painting - 34.5 x 27.5 x 3 inch
£3,035
Lumumba #9
Modou Dieng Yacine
Photography - 103.5 x 66 x 2 cm Photography - 40.7 x 26 x 0.8 inch
£6,699
Lumumba #8
Modou Dieng Yacine
Photography - 103.5 x 66 x 2 cm Photography - 40.7 x 26 x 0.8 inch
£6,699
Lumumba #1
Modou Dieng Yacine
Photography - 112 x 75 x 2 cm Photography - 44.1 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch
£6,967
The forgotten ones
Modou Dieng Yacine
Photography - 91.4 x 127 x 3 cm Photography - 36 x 50 x 1.2 inch
£7,592
Croquis de guerre
Modou Dieng Yacine
Photography - 73.7 x 111.8 x 3 cm Photography - 29 x 44 x 1.2 inch
£6,699
King of my hearts
Silvia Calmejane
Painting - 120 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
£5,806
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.