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Éruption marine
Kathia Mohl
Photography - 105 x 92 x 3 cm Photography - 41.3 x 36.2 x 1.2 inch
£2,177
Vague suspendue
Kathia Mohl
Photography - 54 x 212 x 3 cm Photography - 21.3 x 83.5 x 1.2 inch
£2,933
Sculpture Shetani Fermier
Agostino Malaba
Sculpture - 54 x 20 x 15 cm Sculpture - 21.3 x 7.9 x 5.9 inch
£2,222
Sculpture Shetani Rongeur Anthropomorphique
Agostino Malaba
Sculpture - 66 x 22 x 20 cm Sculpture - 26 x 8.7 x 7.9 inch
£2,666
Sculpture Shetani Homme Sage
Agostino Malaba
Sculpture - 100 x 35 x 30 cm Sculpture - 39.4 x 13.8 x 11.8 inch
£2,666
Sculpture Shetani homme et animal
Agostino Malaba
Sculpture - 100 x 35 x 30 cm Sculpture - 39.4 x 13.8 x 11.8 inch
£2,666
The Dancers painting from Africa
Angu Walters
Painting - 120 x 94 x 0.1 cm Painting - 47.2 x 37 x 0 inch
£2,986
After the plague 6
Alexander Tadesse
Painting - 110 x 110 x 5 cm Painting - 43.3 x 43.3 x 2 inch
£3,022
After the plague 5
Alexander Tadesse
Painting - 150 x 150 x 5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 2 inch
£3,910
After the plague 4
Alexander Tadesse
Painting - 150 x 150 x 5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 2 inch
£3,910
After the plague 3
Alexander Tadesse
Painting - 110 x 110 x 5 cm Painting - 43.3 x 43.3 x 2 inch
£2,844
After the plague 2
Alexander Tadesse
Painting - 150 x 150 x 5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 2 inch
£3,910
Piggyback (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
£400
Hanging Pig (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
£400
Mananara, Madagascar, 2014
Pierrot Men
Photography - 30 x 45 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 inch
£1,866
Couple...loosely coupled
Ronex Ahimbisibwe
Painting - 120 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1 inch
£2,088
Family IV an African portrait
Angu Walters
Painting - 130 x 100 x 0.1 cm Painting - 51.2 x 39.4 x 0 inch
£2,488
All Heads Together XIV
Angu Walters
Painting - 100 x 130 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 51.2 x 0 inch
£2,986
The Happy Family XXI
Angu Walters
Painting - 90 x 80 x 0.1 cm Painting - 35.4 x 31.5 x 0 inch
£1,907
The Happy Villagers IV
Angu Walters
Painting - 79 x 59 x 0.1 cm Painting - 31.1 x 23.2 x 0 inch
£1,742
El retrato futurito
René Tavares
Painting - 147 x 147 x 4 cm Painting - 57.9 x 57.9 x 1.6 inch
£6,043
Banjo Players III giclée art print
Angu Walters
Print - 90 x 68 x 0.1 cm Print - 35.4 x 26.8 x 0 inch
£249
The place of secrets II
Chika Idu
Painting - 217.4 x 119.9 x 10.2 cm Painting - 85.6 x 47.2 x 4 inch
£20,227
The place of secrets
Chika Idu
Painting - 209.6 x 119.9 x 10.2 cm Painting - 82.5 x 47.2 x 4 inch
£20,227
She is strong I
Collin Sekajugo
Painting - 100 x 120 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 1 inch
£2,622
The Drummer and the Flutist VIII
Angu Walters
Painting - 130 x 100 x 0.1 cm Painting - 51.2 x 39.4 x 0 inch
£2,737
The Blues Singers III
Angu Walters
Painting - 100 x 120 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 0 inch
£2,820
The Happy Family XXXI
Angu Walters
Painting - 100 x 150 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0 inch
£3,483
African Juju Society II
Angu Walters
Painting - 100 x 130 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 51.2 x 0 inch
£2,737
Opening the Festival V
Angu Walters
Painting - 100 x 150 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0 inch
£3,649
To the Market 5 painting from Africa
Angu Walters
Painting - 79 x 99 x 0.1 cm Painting - 31.1 x 39 x 0 inch
£2,156
African Blues Singers
Angu Walters
Painting - 100 x 150 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.4 inch
£3,732
Village painting from Africa
Angu Walters
Painting - 80 x 100 x 0.1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0 inch
£2,073
The Drummer and the Flutist V
Angu Walters
Painting - 90 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch
£1,824
The Happy Villagers I
Angu Walters
Painting - 99 x 119 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39 x 46.9 x 0 inch
£2,239
Mother, Father and Child
Angu Walters
Painting - 99 x 78 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39 x 30.7 x 0 inch
£2,322
Photo-Souvenir
Koffi Mounou Désiré
Painting - 190 x 190 x 5 cm Painting - 74.8 x 74.8 x 2 inch
£6,488
Femme coq
Patsheli Kahambo Kitange
Painting - 162 x 130 x 5 cm Painting - 63.8 x 51.2 x 2 inch
£1,955
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.