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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African Aesthetic

Citoyen du monde

Tribunal

Mask

Vague Rouge

Vague suspendue

Travayer

The Tree of Life

Modern Blue Skies

Mother's pride

Portrait (Josiah)

No money no love

Sculpture Shetani Rongeur Anthropomorphique

Sculpture Shetani Homme Sage

Sculpture Shetani homme et animal

Sculpture Shetani Homme au téléphone

The blue hills

Life Goes On

No time

Who no know go know

Femme feuille assise et enfant

Power Black Excellence

4 danseuses

Tryptich - The Black on Black Collection

Faceless - Hidden Identities

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Lourdes

Faceless - Hidden Identities

La Dame au Foulard rouge

Bargi

The Queen of Africa

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Mother and Child III

Mother and Child VII

De divines taches de peintures se révèlent en un divin art pris sur peau de banane jaunie

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Tagro Gougossi. La célèbre en beauté

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Restoring the Souls - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Fashion

Failed Identity (Gen Z Generation) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Fashion, Models

Diplômé d'Etat

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Horns of Africa

Gambella

Rendille Moran at Nyiru

Fire of the Himba

Mukuru

Mursi Adornment

Karepo Nawa

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Mukuaita wearing ker ungava hairstyle. Angola

Nguengalengo boy with chicken

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L'envol d'une solitude

Salle d'attente 1

La nuit était le jour

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Pulse

Excercise

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