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.
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Love and Flowers - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa, Women
Taiwo Odejinmi
Painting - 91.4 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 24 x 1 inch
$2,450
Banc de tournesols
Enfant Précoce / Francis Essoua Kalu
Print - 56.7 x 85 x 0.1 cm Print - 22.3 x 33.5 x 0 inch
$477
Grimbrgen - londe
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 11 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.9 x 4.3 inch
$834
Discord
Thandiwe Muriu
Photography - 120 x 120 x 0.2 cm Photography - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.1 inch
$15,498
Goodbyes - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Fashion, Woman, Love, Phone
Akinboye Akinola Peter
Painting - 100.1 x 74.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 29.5 x 1 inch
$2,650
Enchanting Elegance
Samson Adetunji
Painting - 76.2 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 30 x 30 x 1 inch
$2,250
Awokose (The Role Model)
Oladire Araireoluwa
Painting - 76.2 x 66 x 2.5 cm Painting - 30 x 26 x 1 inch
$1,200
Sculpted Heritage (Beauty Within Us)
Fasalejo Tobiloba
Painting - 61 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 20 x 1 inch
$1,350
Les Mannequins (The Supermodels) 2
Alawaye Tope
Painting - 76.2 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 30 x 30 x 1 inch
$1,850
Untitled sculpture
George Lilanga
Sculpture - 63 x 25 x 20 cm Sculpture - 24.8 x 9.8 x 7.9 inch
$1,669
Fulfilment of Motherhood
Ademola Ajayi
Painting - 76.2 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 30 x 24 x 1 inch
$2,350
Sisters in Yellow 3
Oluwafemi Afolabi
Painting - 152.4 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 60 x 48 x 1 inch
$4,000
Ulimi wako mkuwba una faa kuenda kuenye ma shindano
George Lilanga
Painting - 61 x 61 x 1 cm Painting - 24 x 24 x 0.4 inch
$942
Other Side 7 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women, Colours
Damola Ayegbayo
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch
$3,250
Mahumbi girl with ungava hairstyle variation. Humbi. Angola
Faie Davis
Photography - 61 x 58.5 x 26 cm Photography - 24 x 23 x 10.2 inch
$975
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
$350
Binti mrembo (beautiful girl)
Mosoti Kepha
Sculpture - 48.5 x 31 x 2.5 cm Sculpture - 19.1 x 12.2 x 1 inch
$2,253
Embrace (Nature) 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa, Women
Oyeleye Feranmi
Painting - 111.8 x 81.3 x 2.5 cm Painting - 44 x 32 x 1 inch
$2,250
Colombe blanche White Dove
Zanoarisoa Rajaona
Print - 29.5 x 19.5 x 0.5 cm Print - 11.6 x 7.7 x 0.2 inch
$1,097
Kind of Blue
Mikael Kenta
Photography - 105 x 70 x 0.3 cm Photography - 41.33 x 27.55 x 0.1 inch
$3,100
La marche périlleuse
Mohamed Diabagate
Painting - 130 x 180 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 70.9 x 0.8 inch
$5,961
Learning new dancing styles
James Mutisya
Print - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$238
Composition abstraite
Désiré Sama
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,275
Living in America (Don King)
Felandus Thames
Sculpture - 162.5 x 116.8 x 2.5 cm Sculpture - 64 x 46 x 1 inch
$11,921
Oiseau de mauvaise augure
William Bakaïmo
Painting - 119 x 129 x 4 cm Painting - 46.9 x 50.8 x 1.6 inch
$6,938
Quiet Time
Damilola Ilori
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 22.9 x 2.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 9 x 1 inch
$1,050
Our reality
Sesse Elangwe Ngeseli
Painting - 91.4 x 137.2 x 3 cm Painting - 36 x 54 x 1.2 inch
$9,537
Rumble in the Jungle
Boris Gobina
Painting - 110 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 43.3 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,861
Pirelli Bouchra
Hassan Hajjaj
Photography - 76.4 x 111.8 x 2 cm Photography - 30.1 x 44 x 0.8 inch
$21,458
Sans titre
Gatien Mabounga
Fine Art Drawings - 57 x 50 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22.4 x 19.7 inch
$1,490
hanging axumite blue
Etiyé Dimma Poulsen
Sculpture - 217 x 40 x 15 cm Sculpture - 85.4 x 15.7 x 5.9 inch
$11,325
Sans titre
Serigne Ibrahima Dièye
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 30 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 11.8 inch
$2,027
Aunty Mansa and daughter
Emmanuel Adiamah
Painting - 68.6 x 68.6 x 10.2 cm Painting - 27 x 27 x 4 inch
$8,200
Colours of the rainbow 2
Paul Akiiki
Painting - 81.3 x 91.4 x 2 cm Painting - 32 x 36 x 0.8 inch
$4,000
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
$27,931
Sculpture Shetani Fermier
Agostino Malaba
Sculpture - 54 x 20 x 15 cm Sculpture - 21.3 x 7.9 x 5.9 inch
$2,980
Scenario II
Georges Fikry Ibrahim
Fine Art Drawings - 47.5 x 63 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 18.7 x 24.8 x 0.1 inch
$3,338
Femme feuille
Salfo Dermé (Yabré)
Sculpture - 30 x 17 x 11 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 6.7 x 4.3 inch
$1,431