Portrait of Ruth
Sesse Elangwe Ngeseli
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 3 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1.2 inch
$5,883
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Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 3 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1.2 inch
$5,883
Painting - 61 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 20 x 1 inch
$1,350
Painting - 152.4 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 60 x 48 x 1 inch
$6,299
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$6,660
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1 inch
$2,799
Painting - 91.4 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 30 x 1 inch
$2,350
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch
$2,800
Sculpture - 30 x 17 x 11 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 6.7 x 4.3 inch
$1,332
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 10.2 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 4 inch
$4,500
Painting - 100 x 75 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
$3,330
Print - 56.7 x 85 x 0.1 cm Print - 22.3 x 33.5 x 0 inch
$444
Sculpture - 65 x 15 x 10 cm Sculpture - 25.6 x 5.9 x 3.9 inch
$1,665
Photography - 90 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 35.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$1,110
Painting - 76.2 x 66 x 2.5 cm Painting - 30 x 26 x 1 inch
$1,200
Sculpture - 48.5 x 31 x 2.5 cm Sculpture - 19.1 x 12.2 x 1 inch
$2,098
Photography - 61 x 58.5 x 26 cm Photography - 24 x 23 x 10.2 inch
$975
Painting - 118 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 46.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,442
Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$943
Painting - 102 x 102 x 3 cm Painting - 40.2 x 40.2 x 1.2 inch
$2,219
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,998
Photography - 60 x 90 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
$1,443
Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 11.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.9 x 4.5 inch
$777
Photography - 105 x 70 x 0.3 cm Photography - 41.33 x 27.55 x 0.1 inch
$3,100
Painting - 70 x 50 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 inch
$1,821
Photography - 40 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$888
Painting - 70.5 x 96.5 x 2 cm Painting - 27.8 x 38 x 0.8 inch
$2,553
Print - 100 x 50 x 3 cm Print - 39.4 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$222
Photography - 106.7 x 109.2 x 3 cm Photography - 42 x 43 x 1.2 inch
$9,435
Print - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$222
Sculpture - 37 x 29 x 18 cm Sculpture - 14.6 x 11.4 x 7.1 inch
$943
Print - 29.5 x 19.5 x 0.5 cm Print - 11.6 x 7.7 x 0.2 inch
$544
Painting - 180 x 180 x 5 cm Painting - 70.9 x 70.9 x 2 inch
$2,775
Fine Art Drawings - 57 x 50 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22.4 x 19.7 inch
$1,387
Painting - 40 x 60 x 2.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 23.6 x 1 inch
$1,609
Print - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$300
Painting - 150 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 2 inch
$3,885
Design - 80.5 x 20.5 x 1.2 cm Design - 31.7 x 8.1 x 0.5 inch
$1,387
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 30 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 11.8 inch
$1,887
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$555
Print - 25.5 x 20 cm Print - 10 x 7.9 inch
$777
Fine Art Drawings - 47.5 x 63 cm Fine Art Drawings - 18.7 x 24.8 inch
$4,440
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.