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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Sculpture Shetani Fermier
Agostino Malaba
Sculpture - 54 x 20 x 15 cm Sculpture - 21.3 x 7.9 x 5.9 inch
€2,500
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
€2,800 €2,240
Femme feuille
Salfo Dermé (Yabré)
Sculpture - 30 x 17 x 11 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 6.7 x 4.3 inch
€1,200
Seek Within - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Introspection
Taiwo Odejinmi
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1 inch
€2,598
Les danseurs
Salfo Dermé (Yabré)
Sculpture - 66 x 36 x 17 cm Sculpture - 26 x 14.2 x 6.7 inch
€2,300
La jeune fille pressée
Salfo Dermé (Yabré)
Sculpture - 36 x 24 x 14 cm Sculpture - 14.2 x 9.4 x 5.5 inch
€1,500
Pour la paix
Salfo Dermé (Yabré)
Sculpture - 77 x 27.5 x 17.5 cm Sculpture - 30.3 x 10.8 x 6.9 inch
€3,500
I Am Who I Choose To Be
Taiwo Odejinmi
Painting - 61 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 20 x 1 inch
€1,595
Style and Confidence - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Women
Taiwo Odejinmi
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch
€2,962
Contemplative Companions
Taiwo Odejinmi
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1 inch
€2,598
Embracing Stillness
Taiwo Odejinmi
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1 inch
€2,598
Une scène d'adieux
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 11.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.9 x 4.5 inch
€700
Self Reflection 1
Emmanuel Ojebola
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1 inch
€2,734
Me and You - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Love Africa Women
Taiwo Odejinmi
Painting - 91.4 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 48 x 1 inch
€2,962
Love Between Friends - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Women
Taiwo Odejinmi
Painting - 91.4 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 48 x 1 inch
€2,962
Where Love Resides(We are Sisters) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Women
Taiwo Odejinmi
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch
€2,962
Lady in the Orange dress (All I have is Me)
Taiwo Odejinmi
Painting - 91.4 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 48 x 1 inch
€2,962
Our Situation Shouldn't Define Us
Emmanuel Ojebola
Painting - 152.4 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 60 x 48 x 1 inch
€5,104
My Best Friend VIII painting from Africa
Angu Walters
Painting - 80 x 64 x 0.1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 25.2 x 0 inch
€1,367
Portrait of Basquiat
Emmanuel Ojebola
Painting - 71.1 x 71.1 x 2.5 cm Painting - 28 x 28 x 1 inch
€2,734
Love from Afar 3
Emmanuel Ojebola
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1 inch
€4,375
Love from Afar 2
Emmanuel Ojebola
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1 inch
€4,375
Sisterhood (The Love We Share)
Taiwo Odejinmi
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch
€2,598
We Grow When We Know Love
Taiwo Odejinmi
Painting - 91.4 x 90.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 35.8 x 1 inch
€2,506
A bond between sisters (Soul Sister 2)
Taiwo Odejinmi
Painting - 91.4 x 90.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 35.5 x 1 inch
€2,506
Ololufe Mi (Love of My Life)
Oladire Araireoluwa
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch
€2,242
Sans titre (femme fleur)
Salfo Dermé (Yabré)
Sculpture - 51 x 23 x 14 cm Sculpture - 20.1 x 9.1 x 5.5 inch
€1,800
Sans titre (porteuse)
Salfo Dermé (Yabré)
Sculpture - 48 x 12 x 13 cm Sculpture - 18.9 x 4.7 x 5.1 inch
€1,200
Femme feuille (Saison sèche)
Salfo Dermé (Yabré)
Sculpture - 50 x 20 x 13 cm Sculpture - 19.7 x 7.9 x 5.1 inch
€1,800
Self Love 3 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait, Mixed Media, African Woman
Oluwafemi Akanmu
Painting - 91.4 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 24 x 1 inch
€1,960
Camo 2.0 4452
Thandiwe Muriu
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
€9,000
Vache Watusi
Salfo Dermé (Yabré)
Sculpture - 18 x 26 x 10 cm Sculpture - 7.1 x 10.2 x 3.9 inch
€1,000
Hausa and Fula cultures collide
John Kenny
Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,545
Unique (African Allure) 4
Oluwafemi Akanmu
Painting - 81.3 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 32 x 24 x 1 inch
€1,914
Clouds
Akinboye Akinola Peter
Painting - 119.9 x 99.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.3 x 1 inch
€2,552
Antidote from the Gods
Ademola Ajayi
Painting - 91.4 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 30 x 1 inch
€2,142
Un médaillon de chaîne figurant une femme en larmes
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
Fine Art Drawings - 19 x 15 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.5 x 5.9 inch
€800
Masculine Elegance (Beauty Within Us)
Fasalejo Tobiloba
Painting - 61 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 20 x 1 inch
€1,230
Insatiable Cravings
Afolayan Emmanuel
Painting - 91.4 x 127 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 50 x 1 inch
€2,415
Prized Possessions
Thandiwe Muriu
Photography - 25 x 25 x 0.5 cm Photography - 9.8 x 9.8 x 0.2 inch
€2,500
Untitled 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Women with Large Afro Hair
Emmanuel Ojebola
Painting - 61 x 48.3 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 19 x 1 inch
€2,051
The Catalyst for Blossoming
Thandiwe Muriu
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€10,000
Amongst the camels
John Kenny
Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
€2,409
Read Me Like A Book
Mayowa Esan
Painting - 126 x 122.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 49.6 x 48.4 x 1 inch
€3,509
I've Been Here Before
Mayowa Esan
Painting - 152.4 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 60 x 48 x 1 inch
€3,965
Canopy of Love
Thandiwe Muriu
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€7,000
Where There Is Beauty, There Were Women
Thandiwe Muriu
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€9,000
La solidarité des humains, hommes de races verte et violette, se respecte mutuellement
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 10.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.9 x 4.1 inch
€600
Une pintade humanisée
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 10.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.9 x 4.1 inch
€600
L’art du hasard : une tache d’eau relevée sur une table figurant un bebe
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 10.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.9 x 4.1 inch
€600
Sisterhood 3 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women Africa Love
Damola Ayegbayo
Painting - 121.9 x 152.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 60 x 1 inch
€4,056
What Black Love Looks Like 3 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Modern
Alawaye Tope
Painting - 152.4 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 60 x 48 x 1 inch
€3,371
Sisters in Yellow 2
Oluwafemi Afolabi
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1 inch
€2,917
Teach us to love ourselves
Oluwafemi Afolabi
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch
€2,734
You May Be Lucky
Oluwafemi Afolabi
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch
€2,734