African Aesthetic
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Artists in post-apocalyptic costumes
Brian Otieno
Photography - 40 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
€1,300
Looking at you
Brian Otieno
Photography - 60 x 90 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
€1,300
Such in a rush
Brian Otieno
Photography - 60 x 90 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
€1,300
All Heads Together VI
Angu Walters
Painting - 107 x 120 x 1 cm Painting - 42.1 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch
€2,708
For Tomorrow's Festival
Ademola Ajayi
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 inch
€2,660
The Talking Drummer IV
Angu Walters
Painting - 80 x 60 x 0.1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€1,644
The Drummer IV painting from Africa
Angu Walters
Painting - 90 x 69 x 0.1 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.2 x 0 inch
€1,741
The Drummer and Flutist 4 painting from Africa
Angu Walters
Painting - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€1,257
All Heads Together VIII
Angu Walters
Painting - 50 x 79 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 31.1 x 0 inch
€1,064
All Heads Together IX
Angu Walters
Painting - 46 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 18.1 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
€1,257
The Xylophone Player IV
Angu Walters
Painting - 65 x 55 x 0.1 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.7 x 0 inch
€1,161
African Juju Society VIII
Angu Walters
Painting - 80 x 100 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
€1,838
The Drummer and the Flutist III
Angu Walters
Painting - 80 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
€1,451
Francisco
Mikael Kenta
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.3 cm Photography - 47.24 x 35.43 x 0.1 inch
€3,385
Mr. Donut
Mikael Kenta
Photography - 70 x 105 x 0.3 cm Photography - 27.55 x 41.33 x 0.1 inch
€2,998
V from the Iconic series
Mikael Kenta
Photography - 70 x 105 x 0.3 cm Photography - 27.55 x 41.33 x 0.1 inch
€2,998
Sans titre (133)
Jean-Charles SANKARE
Painting - 50 x 32 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 12.6 x 0 inch
€400
Série irréalité, l'amour du prochain
Benjamin Déguénon
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 65 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0 inch
€2,000
Just the Two of Us III
Angu Walters
Painting - 57 x 45 x 1 cm Painting - 22.4 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
€774
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.