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Behind the Great Mosque in Djenne
John Kenny
Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,023
Samburu adornment
John Kenny
Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,023
Hopeful of the dream city
Joshua Salami
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1 inch
$1,950
In her favorite color 1
Joshua Salami
Painting - 50.8 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 20 x 20 x 1 inch
$1,200
Declined expectation
Joshua Salami
Painting - 50.8 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 20 x 20 x 1 inch
$1,200
The courageous woman(Feminine Epidemic series) II
Ogunniyi Oluwatosin
Painting - 91.4 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 24 x 1 inch
$2,000
Strength in Diversity
Damola Ayegbayo
Painting - 106.7 x 213.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 42 x 84 x 2 inch
$5,950
Citoyen du monde
Enfant Précoce / Francis Essoua Kalu
Painting - 200 x 230 x 3 cm Painting - 78.7 x 90.6 x 1.2 inch
$22,532
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
$666
Une pintade humanisée
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 10.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.9 x 4.1 inch
$666
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
$666
Danseuse au foulard
Salfo Dermé (Yabré)
Sculpture - 24 x 7 x 10 cm Sculpture - 9.4 x 2.8 x 3.9 inch
$277
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
$888
Frash-a-Dash
Maisha Marshallende
Photography - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$888
Frash-a-Dash
Maisha Marshallende
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$888
Frash-a-Dash
Maisha Marshallende
Photography - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$888
Au sommet du Corcovado, le majestueux Chris rédempteur vieille sur Rio de Janeiro
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
Fine Art Drawings - 10.5 x 15 cm Fine Art Drawings - 4.1 x 5.9 inch
$666
Himba children teenager
Faie Davis
Photography - 61 x 51 x 0.1 cm Photography - 24 x 20.1 x 0 inch
$1,400
Himba children straight portrait
Faie Davis
Photography - 61 x 51 x 0.1 cm Photography - 24 x 20.1 x 0 inch
$1,400
Himba children look right
Faie Davis
Photography - 61 x 51 x 0.1 cm Photography - 24 x 20.1 x 0 inch
$1,400
Himba children look right
Faie Davis
Photography - 61 x 51 x 0.1 cm Photography - 24 x 20.1 x 0 inch
$1,400
Himba children blanket master
Faie Davis
Photography - 61 x 51 x 0.1 cm Photography - 24 x 20.1 x 0 inch
$1,400
Hamar Women from Ethiopia
Faie Davis
Photography - 61 x 51 x 0.2 cm Photography - 24 x 20.1 x 0.1 inch
$975
Une file de femme dans une cité peuplée
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
Fine Art Drawings - 19 x 15 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.5 x 5.9 inch
$888
Spotty face beauty
Faie Davis
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$925
Karo people from Ethiopia
Faie Davis
Photography - 30 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$990
Karo make up artists
Faie Davis
Photography - 45 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 17.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$980
Slum fashionista
Brian Otieno
Photography - 60 x 90 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
$2,442
Faces And Colours II (Woman Identity)
Woko Aguru
Painting - 48 x 42 x 3 cm Painting - 18.9 x 16.5 x 1.2 inch
$1,665
Faces And Colours III (Woman Identity)
Woko Aguru
Painting - 48 x 42 x 3 cm Painting - 18.9 x 16.5 x 1.2 inch
$1,665
Têtes couronnées - Mona sortant du salon de coiffure
Gatien Mabounga
Painting - 120 x 80 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 inch
$2,109
Ce soir je serai la plus belle pour aller danser
Gatien Mabounga
Painting - 140 x 100 cm Painting - 55.1 x 39.4 inch
$2,220
Lion in the bushes
James Mutisya
Painting - 119 x 117 x 2 cm Painting - 46.9 x 46.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,332
All Heads Together XI
Angu Walters
Painting - 52 x 105 x 1 cm Painting - 20.5 x 41.3 x 0.4 inch
$1,100
Karo body painters
Faie Davis
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$995
Tribal celebration 1
Faie Davis
Photography - 40 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$980
Living in America (Don King)
Felandus Thames
Sculpture - 162.5 x 116.8 x 2.5 cm Sculpture - 64 x 46 x 1 inch
$11,100
The himba
Faie Davis
Photography - 85.8 x 76.8 x 0.25 cm Photography - 33.8 x 30.2 x 0.1 inch
$1,500
Lines that lead to perfection
John Kenny
Photography - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$3,217
Ange gardien
Patsheli Kahambo Kitange
Painting - 162 x 130 x 5 cm Painting - 63.8 x 51.2 x 2 inch
$2,442
Sapeur Cerf
Boureima Ouedraogo
Sculpture - 35 x 36.5 x 16 cm Sculpture - 13.8 x 14.4 x 6.3 inch
$943
Materia XV
Mikael Kenta
Photography - 74.9 x 59.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 29.5 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$2,200
Materia XIV
Mikael Kenta
Photography - 74.9 x 59.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 29.5 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$2,200
Materia XIII
Mikael Kenta
Photography - 74.9 x 59.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 29.5 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$2,200
Materia XII
Mikael Kenta
Photography - 74.9 x 59.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 29.5 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$2,200
Materia XI
Mikael Kenta
Photography - 74.9 x 59.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 29.5 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$2,200
Materia X
Mikael Kenta
Photography - 74.9 x 59.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 29.5 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$2,200
Materia IX
Mikael Kenta
Photography - 74.9 x 59.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 29.5 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$2,200
Materia VIII
Mikael Kenta
Photography - 74.9 x 59.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 29.5 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$2,200
Materia VII
Mikael Kenta
Photography - 74.9 x 59.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 29.5 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$2,200
Materia III
Mikael Kenta
Photography - 74.9 x 59.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 29.5 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$2,200
Materia VI
Mikael Kenta
Photography - 74.9 x 59.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 29.5 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$2,200
Materia V
Mikael Kenta
Photography - 74.9 x 59.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 29.5 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$2,200
Materia IV
Mikael Kenta
Photography - 74.9 x 59.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 29.5 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$2,200
Materia II
Mikael Kenta
Photography - 74.9 x 59.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 29.5 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$2,200
Materia I
Mikael Kenta
Photography - 74.9 x 59.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 29.5 x 23.6 x 0.1 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.