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African art describes modern and historical paintings, sculptures, installations, and other visual cultures from native or indigenous Africans and the African continent.The definition may also include the art of the African diasporas, such as art in African-American, Caribbean or South American societies inspired by African traditions.
African artist stubs (4 C, 35 P) Pages in category "African artists" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent ...
Sue Williamson and Ashraf Jamal, Art in South Africa: the future present, Publisher David Philip (Cape Town), 1996. Frank Herreman and Mark D'Amato, Liberated voices: contemporary art from South Africa, The Museum for African Art, 1999. Emma Bedford and Sophie Perryer, 10 Years 100 Artists: Art In A Democratic South Africa, Struik, 2004.
Pages in category "African art" The following 58 pages are in this category, out of 58 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. African aesthetic;
With the 1994 exhibition of East African art objects in Germany, the organisers wanted to make "a previously unknown rich cultural landscape accessible to the wider public." The presentation of the sculptures as works of art from Africa was supplemented by art-historical and ethnological information in the accompanying catalogue. [7]
Barry Hilton (born 1956), South African comedian and actor who was born in Harare; Kudzanai-Violet Hwami (born 1993), Zimbabwean painter who lives in London, England; Masimba Hwati, sculptor, performance artist, sound artist, and three-dimensional mixed media sculptor
Cephas Yao Agbemenu (born 1951), sculptor and a traditional African wood carver, educator Joseph Kossivi Ahiator (born 1956), painter and voodoo artist Bernard Akoi-Jackson (born 1979), installation artist, performance artist, video artist, photographer, dancer, poet, and academic
Mask from Gabon Two Chiwara c. late 19th early 20th centuries, Art Institute of Chicago.Female (left) and male, vertical styles. Most African sculpture from regions south of the Sahara was historically made of wood and other organic materials that have not survived from earlier than a few centuries ago, while older pottery figures are found from a number of areas.