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L'amoureuse
Koffi Mounou Désiré
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$4,440
Série Irréalité, l'amour du prochain
Benjamin Déguénon
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 32 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 12.6 x 0 inch
$1,554
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
$4,440
Scène de village
Benjamin Déguénon
Sculpture - 100 x 100 x 10 cm Sculpture - 39.4 x 39.4 x 3.9 inch
$4,440
Oyanga (take it)
Pamela Enyonu
Photography - 87 x 62 x 2 cm Photography - 34.3 x 24.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,775
Femme, mère de l'inhumanité
Benjamin Déguénon
Painting - 75 x 100 x 0.1 cm Painting - 29.5 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$2,775
Sculpture Shetani Homme au téléphone
Agostino Malaba
Sculpture - 70 x 30 x 30 cm Sculpture - 27.6 x 11.8 x 11.8 inch
$3,330
Line Obsession
Delphine Diallo
Photography - 30 x 22 x 2 cm Photography - 11.8 x 8.7 x 0.8 inch
$3,052
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
$16,650
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
$6,660
Les Nounous
Enfant Précoce / Francis Essoua Kalu
Painting - 140 x 140 x 2 cm Painting - 55.1 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch
$12,210
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
$9,990
The Albino Series IX (1)
Éric Odartey
Painting - 152 x 114 x 3 cm Painting - 59.8 x 44.9 x 1.2 inch
$4,218
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
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
$26,007
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
$2,220
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
$2,220
Abuanek 2
Sesse Elangwe Ngeseli
Painting - 210.8 x 157.5 x 3 cm Painting - 83 x 62 x 1.2 inch
$14,430
Abuanek 1
Sesse Elangwe Ngeseli
Painting - 210.8 x 157.5 x 3 cm Painting - 83 x 62 x 1.2 inch
$14,430
Portrait of Mercy
Sesse Elangwe Ngeseli
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 3 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1.2 inch
$5,883
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
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
$25,529
Rumble in the Jungle
Boris Gobina
Painting - 110 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 43.3 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,664
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
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
$22,532
Paul Enfant
Enfant Précoce / Francis Essoua Kalu
Painting - 220 x 200 x 2 cm Painting - 86.6 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch
$22,532
The Albino Series IX
Éric Odartey
Painting - 76 x 76 x 3 cm Painting - 29.9 x 29.9 x 1.2 inch
$2,220
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
$25,529
Château Rouge
Enfant Précoce / Francis Essoua Kalu
Painting - 97 x 146 x 2 cm Painting - 38.2 x 57.5 x 0.8 inch
$11,100
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
$26,639
République
Enfant Précoce / Francis Essoua Kalu
Painting - 116 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$8,880
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
$25,529
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
$14,985
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
$15,540
Champs Élysées
Enfant Précoce / Francis Essoua Kalu
Painting - 216 x 129 x 2 cm Painting - 85 x 50.8 x 0.8 inch
$17,760
Le Louvre
Enfant Précoce / Francis Essoua Kalu
Painting - 214 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 84.3 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$17,760
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
$13,320
Les naufragés
Enfant Précoce / Francis Essoua Kalu
Painting - 216 x 314 x 2 cm Painting - 85 x 123.6 x 0.8 inch
$27,749
Camouflage (red)
Leikun Nahusenay
Painting - 64 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 25.2 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,886
Sleeping beauty (Shuka)
Leikun Nahusenay
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$4,440
Trinity (shuka)
Leikun Nahusenay
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$4,440
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
$1,998
La jeune fille pressée
Salfo Dermé (Yabré)
Sculpture - 36 x 24 x 14 cm Sculpture - 14.2 x 9.4 x 5.5 inch
$1,665
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
$1,998
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
Portrait of Basquiat
Emmanuel Ojebola
Painting - 71.1 x 71.1 x 2.5 cm Painting - 28 x 28 x 1 inch
$3,000
Love from Afar 3
Emmanuel Ojebola
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1 inch
$4,800
Les danseurs
Salfo Dermé (Yabré)
Sculpture - 66 x 36 x 17 cm Sculpture - 26 x 14.2 x 6.7 inch
$2,553
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.