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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
€2,450
Vague suspendue
Kathia Mohl
Photography - 54 x 212 x 3 cm Photography - 21.3 x 83.5 x 1.2 inch
€3,300
Sculpture Shetani Fermier
Agostino Malaba
Sculpture - 54 x 20 x 15 cm Sculpture - 21.3 x 7.9 x 5.9 inch
€2,500
Sculpture Shetani Rongeur Anthropomorphique
Agostino Malaba
Sculpture - 66 x 22 x 20 cm Sculpture - 26 x 8.7 x 7.9 inch
€3,000
Sculpture Shetani Homme Sage
Agostino Malaba
Sculpture - 100 x 35 x 30 cm Sculpture - 39.4 x 13.8 x 11.8 inch
€3,000
Sculpture Shetani homme et animal
Agostino Malaba
Sculpture - 100 x 35 x 30 cm Sculpture - 39.4 x 13.8 x 11.8 inch
€3,000
The Dancers painting from Africa
Angu Walters
Painting - 120 x 94 x 0.1 cm Painting - 47.2 x 37 x 0 inch
€3,499
After the plague 6
Alexander Tadesse
Painting - 110 x 110 x 5 cm Painting - 43.3 x 43.3 x 2 inch
€3,400
After the plague 5
Alexander Tadesse
Painting - 150 x 150 x 5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 2 inch
€4,400
After the plague 4
Alexander Tadesse
Painting - 150 x 150 x 5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 2 inch
€4,400
After the plague 3
Alexander Tadesse
Painting - 110 x 110 x 5 cm Painting - 43.3 x 43.3 x 2 inch
€3,200
After the plague 2
Alexander Tadesse
Painting - 150 x 150 x 5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 2 inch
€4,400
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
€450
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
€450
Mananara, Madagascar, 2014
Pierrot Men
Photography - 30 x 45 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 inch
€2,100
Couple...loosely coupled
Ronex Ahimbisibwe
Painting - 120 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1 inch
€2,350
Family IV an African portrait
Angu Walters
Painting - 130 x 100 x 0.1 cm Painting - 51.2 x 39.4 x 0 inch
€2,916
All Heads Together XIV
Angu Walters
Painting - 100 x 130 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 51.2 x 0 inch
€3,499
The Happy Family XXI
Angu Walters
Painting - 90 x 80 x 0.1 cm Painting - 35.4 x 31.5 x 0 inch
€2,236
The Happy Villagers IV
Angu Walters
Painting - 79 x 59 x 0.1 cm Painting - 31.1 x 23.2 x 0 inch
€2,041
El retrato futurito
René Tavares
Painting - 147 x 147 x 4 cm Painting - 57.9 x 57.9 x 1.6 inch
€6,800
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
€292
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
€23,708
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
€23,708
She is strong I
Collin Sekajugo
Painting - 100 x 120 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 1 inch
€2,950
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
€3,208
The Blues Singers III
Angu Walters
Painting - 100 x 120 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 0 inch
€3,305
The Happy Family XXXI
Angu Walters
Painting - 100 x 150 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0 inch
€4,083
African Juju Society II
Angu Walters
Painting - 100 x 130 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 51.2 x 0 inch
€3,208
Opening the Festival V
Angu Walters
Painting - 100 x 150 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0 inch
€4,277
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
€2,527
African Blues Singers
Angu Walters
Painting - 100 x 150 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.4 inch
€4,374
Village painting from Africa
Angu Walters
Painting - 80 x 100 x 0.1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0 inch
€2,430
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
€2,139
The Happy Villagers I
Angu Walters
Painting - 99 x 119 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39 x 46.9 x 0 inch
€2,625
Mother, Father and Child
Angu Walters
Painting - 99 x 78 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39 x 30.7 x 0 inch
€2,722
Photo-Souvenir
Koffi Mounou Désiré
Painting - 190 x 190 x 5 cm Painting - 74.8 x 74.8 x 2 inch
€7,300
Femme coq
Patsheli Kahambo Kitange
Painting - 162 x 130 x 5 cm Painting - 63.8 x 51.2 x 2 inch
€2,200
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.