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Les âmes dansent toute la vie
Mamady Seydi
Sculpture - 200 x 45 x 17 cm Sculpture - 78.7 x 17.7 x 6.7 inch
$4,465
Scène de village
Benjamin Déguénon
Sculpture - 100 x 100 x 10 cm Sculpture - 39.4 x 39.4 x 3.9 inch
$4,465
Oyanga (take it)
Pamela Enyonu
Photography - 87 x 62 x 2 cm Photography - 34.3 x 24.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,791
Femme, mère de l'inhumanité
Benjamin Déguénon
Painting - 75 x 100 x 0.1 cm Painting - 29.5 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$2,791
Sculpture Shetani Homme au téléphone
Agostino Malaba
Sculpture - 70 x 30 x 30 cm Sculpture - 27.6 x 11.8 x 11.8 inch
$3,349
Line Obsession
Delphine Diallo
Photography - 30 x 22 x 2 cm Photography - 11.8 x 8.7 x 0.8 inch
$3,070
Colourful Birds
Paul Akiiki
Painting - 77.5 x 117.5 x 0.8 cm Painting - 30.5 x 46.3 x 0.3 inch
$4,000
Route vers le paradis
Enfant Précoce / Francis Essoua Kalu
Painting - 205 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 80.7 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$16,744
Life a Journey
Enfant Précoce / Francis Essoua Kalu
Painting - 59 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 23.2 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$6,698
Les Nounous
Enfant Précoce / Francis Essoua Kalu
Painting - 140 x 140 x 2 cm Painting - 55.1 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch
$12,279
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
Bledard! Je suis nouveau à l'ecole
Enfant Précoce / Francis Essoua Kalu
Painting - 130 x 89 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 35 x 0.8 inch
$10,046
The Albino Series IX (1)
Éric Odartey
Painting - 152 x 114 x 3 cm Painting - 59.8 x 44.9 x 1.2 inch
$4,242
As Far As You Can See
Eniafe Gbenga
Painting - 55.9 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 22 x 20 x 1 inch
$1,350
Nianga le mouton et sa friperie
Enfant Précoce / Francis Essoua Kalu
Painting - 260 x 210 x 2 cm Painting - 102.4 x 82.7 x 0.8 inch
$26,154
Faces and Colours V (Woman Identity)
Woko Aguru
Painting - 48 x 42 x 3 cm Painting - 18.9 x 16.5 x 1.2 inch
$2,233
Faces and Colours IV (Woman Identity)
Woko Aguru
Painting - 48 x 42 x 3 cm Painting - 18.9 x 16.5 x 1.2 inch
$2,233
Peace and Tranquility 2
Joshua Salami
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1 inch
$2,799
La photo de classe
Enfant Précoce / Francis Essoua Kalu
Painting - 200 x 270 x 2 cm Painting - 78.7 x 106.3 x 0.8 inch
$25,674
Rumble in the Jungle
Boris Gobina
Painting - 110 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 43.3 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,679
Peace and Tranquility 1
Joshua Salami
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1 inch
$2,500
Abuanek 2
Sesse Elangwe Ngeseli
Painting - 210.8 x 157.5 x 3 cm Painting - 83 x 62 x 1.2 inch
$14,512
Abuanek 1
Sesse Elangwe Ngeseli
Painting - 210.8 x 157.5 x 3 cm Painting - 83 x 62 x 1.2 inch
$14,512
Portrait of Mercy
Sesse Elangwe Ngeseli
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 3 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1.2 inch
$5,916
Sisters in Yellow
Oluwafemi Afolabi
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1 inch
$3,450
Change and Growth 2
Oluwafemi Afolabi
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1 inch
$2,200
Change and Growth 1
Oluwafemi Afolabi
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1 inch
$2,200
Citoyen du monde
Enfant Précoce / Francis Essoua Kalu
Painting - 200 x 230 x 2 cm Painting - 78.7 x 90.6 x 0.8 inch
$22,660
Paul Enfant
Enfant Précoce / Francis Essoua Kalu
Painting - 220 x 200 x 2 cm Painting - 86.6 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch
$22,660
Under One Umbrella
Samuel Oseigyei Kumah
Painting - 152.4 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 60 x 48 x 1 inch
$5,850
The Albino Series IX
Éric Odartey
Painting - 76 x 76 x 3 cm Painting - 29.9 x 29.9 x 1.2 inch
$2,233
Oasis d'abondance
Enfant Précoce / Francis Essoua Kalu
Painting - 210 x 280 x 2 cm Painting - 82.7 x 110.2 x 0.8 inch
$25,674
Champs Élysées
Enfant Précoce / Francis Essoua Kalu
Painting - 216 x 129 x 2 cm Painting - 85 x 50.8 x 0.8 inch
$17,860
Le Louvre
Enfant Précoce / Francis Essoua Kalu
Painting - 214 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 84.3 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$17,860
Château Rouge
Enfant Précoce / Francis Essoua Kalu
Painting - 97 x 146 x 2 cm Painting - 38.2 x 57.5 x 0.8 inch
$11,163
Esua Esua a yabe, Essoua Essoua est née
Enfant Précoce / Francis Essoua Kalu
Painting - 245 x 293 x 2 cm Painting - 96.5 x 115.4 x 0.8 inch
$26,791
République
Enfant Précoce / Francis Essoua Kalu
Painting - 116 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$8,930
Texture of Identity (Beauty Within Us)
Fasalejo Tobiloba
Painting - 61 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 20 x 1 inch
$1,350
Le sacré coeur
Enfant Précoce / Francis Essoua Kalu
Painting - 216 x 278 x 2 cm Painting - 85 x 109.4 x 0.8 inch
$25,674
Tata et le vieux
Enfant Précoce / Francis Essoua Kalu
Painting - 156 x 164 x 2 cm Painting - 61.4 x 64.6 x 0.8 inch
$15,070
Titty et Coucou au marché, Saint-Denis
Enfant Précoce / Francis Essoua Kalu
Painting - 180 x 156 x 2 cm Painting - 70.9 x 61.4 x 0.8 inch
$15,628
À la porte de la chapelle
Enfant Précoce / Francis Essoua Kalu
Painting - 142 x 154 x 2 cm Painting - 55.9 x 60.6 x 0.8 inch
$13,395
Les naufragés
Enfant Précoce / Francis Essoua Kalu
Painting - 216 x 314 x 2 cm Painting - 85 x 123.6 x 0.8 inch
$27,907
Living in the Moment of Peace 2
Joshua Salami
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1 inch
$3,000
Living in the Moment of Peace
Joshua Salami
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1 inch
$3,000
Stay Bold, Stay Gold
Joshua Salami
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch
$2,500
Sans titre (mère et enfant)
Salfo Dermé (Yabré)
Sculpture - 55 x 15 x 23 cm Sculpture - 21.7 x 5.9 x 9.1 inch
$2,009
La jeune fille pressée
Salfo Dermé (Yabré)
Sculpture - 36 x 24 x 14 cm Sculpture - 14.2 x 9.4 x 5.5 inch
$1,674
Femme feuille et enfant (Saison des pluies)
Salfo Dermé (Yabré)
Sculpture - 47 x 20 x 16 cm Sculpture - 18.5 x 7.9 x 6.3 inch
$2,009
Camouflage (red)
Leikun Nahusenay
Painting - 64 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 25.2 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,902
Sleeping beauty (Shuka)
Leikun Nahusenay
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$4,465
Trinity (shuka)
Leikun Nahusenay
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$4,465
Sculpture Shetani
George Lilanga
Sculpture - 65 x 15 x 10 cm Sculpture - 25.6 x 5.9 x 3.9 inch
$1,674
Portrait of Basquiat
Emmanuel Ojebola
Painting - 71.1 x 71.1 x 2.5 cm Painting - 28 x 28 x 1 inch
$3,000
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.