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Lumumba #9
Modou Dieng Yacine
Photography - 103.5 x 66 x 2 cm Photography - 40.7 x 26 x 0.8 inch
$8,299
Lumumba #8
Modou Dieng Yacine
Photography - 103.5 x 66 x 2 cm Photography - 40.7 x 26 x 0.8 inch
$8,299
Lumumba #1
Modou Dieng Yacine
Photography - 112 x 75 x 2 cm Photography - 44.1 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch
$8,631
The forgotten ones
Modou Dieng Yacine
Photography - 91.4 x 127 x 3 cm Photography - 36 x 50 x 1.2 inch
$9,405
Croquis de guerre
Modou Dieng Yacine
Photography - 73.7 x 111.8 x 3 cm Photography - 29 x 44 x 1.2 inch
$8,299
African Ladies from the market
James Mutisya
Print - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$221
Ninja & Skate [Die Antwoord] (after Roger Ballen)
Roger Ballen
Design - 80.5 x 20.5 x 1.2 cm Design - 31.7 x 8.1 x 0.5 inch
$277
Not allowed and allowed
Alexander Tadesse
Painting - 100 x 120 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 2 inch
$3,873
Éruption marine
Kathia Mohl
Photography - 105 x 92 x 3 cm Photography - 41.3 x 36.2 x 1.2 inch
$2,711
Vague suspendue
Kathia Mohl
Photography - 54 x 212 x 3 cm Photography - 21.3 x 83.5 x 1.2 inch
$3,651
The Dancers painting from Africa
Angu Walters
Painting - 120 x 94 x 0.1 cm Painting - 47.2 x 37 x 0 inch
$3,600
Sculpture Shetani Fermier
Agostino Malaba
Sculpture - 54 x 20 x 15 cm Sculpture - 21.3 x 7.9 x 5.9 inch
$2,766
Sculpture Shetani Rongeur Anthropomorphique
Agostino Malaba
Sculpture - 66 x 22 x 20 cm Sculpture - 26 x 8.7 x 7.9 inch
$3,319
Sculpture Shetani Homme Sage
Agostino Malaba
Sculpture - 100 x 35 x 30 cm Sculpture - 39.4 x 13.8 x 11.8 inch
$3,319
Sculpture Shetani homme et animal
Agostino Malaba
Sculpture - 100 x 35 x 30 cm Sculpture - 39.4 x 13.8 x 11.8 inch
$3,319
After the plague 6
Alexander Tadesse
Painting - 110 x 110 x 5 cm Painting - 43.3 x 43.3 x 2 inch
$3,762
After the plague 4
Alexander Tadesse
Painting - 150 x 150 x 5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 2 inch
$4,869
After the plague 3
Alexander Tadesse
Painting - 110 x 110 x 5 cm Painting - 43.3 x 43.3 x 2 inch
$3,541
After the plague 2
Alexander Tadesse
Painting - 150 x 150 x 5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 2 inch
$4,869
Piggyback (after Roger Ballen)
Roger Ballen
Design - 80.5 x 20.5 x 1.2 cm Design - 31.7 x 8.1 x 0.5 inch
$498
Hanging Pig (after Roger Ballen)
Roger Ballen
Design - 80.5 x 20.5 x 1.2 cm Design - 31.7 x 8.1 x 0.5 inch
$498
The First Post Black
Felandus Thames
Sculpture - 99 x 61 x 2.5 cm Sculpture - 39 x 24 x 1 inch
$11,065
African King of Dubious Origines #2 (Green)
Felandus Thames
Sculpture - 99 x 61 x 2.5 cm Sculpture - 39 x 24 x 1 inch
$11,065
Mananara, Madagascar, 2014
Pierrot Men
Photography - 30 x 45 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 inch
$2,324
All Heads Together XIV
Angu Walters
Painting - 100 x 130 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 51.2 x 0 inch
$3,600
The Happy Family XXI
Angu Walters
Painting - 90 x 80 x 0.1 cm Painting - 35.4 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$2,300
The Happy Villagers IV
Angu Walters
Painting - 79 x 59 x 0.1 cm Painting - 31.1 x 23.2 x 0 inch
$2,100
Couple...loosely coupled
Ronex Ahimbisibwe
Painting - 120 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1 inch
$2,600
Banjo Players III giclée art print
Angu Walters
Print - 90 x 68 x 0.1 cm Print - 35.4 x 26.8 x 0 inch
$300
El retrato futurito
René Tavares
Painting - 147 x 147 x 4 cm Painting - 57.9 x 57.9 x 1.6 inch
$7,524
The place of secrets II
Chika Idu
Painting - 217.4 x 119.9 x 10.2 cm Painting - 85.6 x 47.2 x 4 inch
$24,390
The place of secrets
Chika Idu
Painting - 209.6 x 119.9 x 10.2 cm Painting - 82.5 x 47.2 x 4 inch
$24,390
The Blues Singers III
Angu Walters
Painting - 100 x 120 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 0 inch
$3,400
The Happy Family XXXI
Angu Walters
Painting - 100 x 150 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0 inch
$4,200
African Juju Society II
Angu Walters
Painting - 100 x 130 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 51.2 x 0 inch
$3,300
Opening the Festival V
Angu Walters
Painting - 100 x 150 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0 inch
$4,400
To the Market 5 painting from Africa
Angu Walters
Painting - 79 x 99 x 0.1 cm Painting - 31.1 x 39 x 0 inch
$2,600
African Blues Singers
Angu Walters
Painting - 100 x 150 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.4 inch
$4,500
Village painting from Africa
Angu Walters
Painting - 80 x 100 x 0.1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$2,500
The Drummer and the Flutist V
Angu Walters
Painting - 90 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$2,200
The Happy Villagers I
Angu Walters
Painting - 99 x 119 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39 x 46.9 x 0 inch
$2,700
Mother, Father and Child
Angu Walters
Painting - 99 x 78 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39 x 30.7 x 0 inch
$2,800
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.