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maiabeyjujuarts · 2 years

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So...did anyone else wear white today? It's Friday! Friday Whites it's a thing! #fridaywhites #itsathing #wearwhiteanyday #fridaywhites #itsathing #wearsomeeveryday #wearwhitetoday #maferefunobatala #rockyowhites #iseeyowhites #getintoit #tradition #iwannaseehowfineyoulookinwhite #wearwhiteanyday #letmeseeyowhites #today #whatyouwaitinfor #tellafriend #telltwo #gonow #getyousome Reposted from @lagosphotofestival Homo Detritus Photography by Stephan Gladieu @stephangladieu #lagosphotofestival #photooftheday #contemporaryafricanartists https://www.instagram.com/p/CiAzWbRgh_5/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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ronaldmuchatuta · 3 years

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#repost @spierartstrust 𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗬 – 𝗢𝗜𝗟 𝗣𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗧 - 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗼 Direct painting (#AllaPrima) is a technique where #paint is applied to the #canvas intentionally as the final stroke. It came into favour with the #Impressionists who wanted to work wet-into-wet as long as possible. The #artist attempts to achieve the final effect in one session, or at least before the paint dries. Here each #brushstroke needs to be successful. Although it is possible to scrape off an unsuccessful area to rework it, ideally no retouching is needed. Paint can be worked thinly, even in washes. A technique often used in direct #painting is #impasto , where the paint is applied thickly so that the brushstrokes are plainly visible to create a textured effect. Pallet knives are also often used in this technique to apply the paint, creating geometric or sharp edged textures. This technique is best suited to small-scale works which can be completed in one session. To be successful it is best to keep it simple; it is suggested to work with a limited #pallette of colours, to use multiple brushes so as not to muddy colours and to avoid complicated mediums. Hence, artists applying this technique typically work straight from the tube or use turpentine to achieve thin paint. References: Kay, R (1983) The Painter’s Guide to Studio Methods and Materials. Prentice-Hall Smith, R (2003) The Artist’s Handbook. Dorling Kindersley Ltd 𝗜𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝗶𝗹 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀: 𝐹𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑒 𝑁𝑢𝑑𝑒, 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗦𝗺𝗶𝘁 (2017) 𝑁𝑗𝑢𝑧𝑢 3, 𝗥𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗱 𝗠𝘂𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗮 (2015) 𝑈𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑙𝑒𝑑, 𝗠𝗶𝗮 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗻 (2017) #spierartstrust #artandculture #artsandculture #arteducation #visuallanguage #contemporaryafricanartists #ronaldmuchatuta #contemporaryart #artandculture #contemporaryartfair #contemporaryafricanart #socfeature #juxatapoz #hifructose #beautifulbizarre #creativeuprising #juxatapoz #konst #atelier #kunst #artcurator https://www.instagram.com/p/CPn-WbWp9iU/?utm_medium=tumblr

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mohamedaminehamouda · 3 years

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صبيغة عربي. ©HAMOUDA Mohamed AMINE 2021. ________________________________ #artist #art #artexhibition #arte #artworks #instaart #inspiration #pigments #colors #minimalism #minimalart #nostalgia #naturalpigments #ecology #contemporaryart #arttunisia #contemporaryafricanartists #mohamed_amine_hamouda #experimentalArtist #artoftheday #tunisianpaper #vegetalpaper #handmadepapers #traditionalpaper #ecologicart (à محمد أمين حمودة H A M M O U D A Med A M I N E) https://www.instagram.com/p/CN-UZgiHl0n/?igshid=1v0qr723cnyux

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ina-nera · 4 years

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Mary Sibande - Post Apartheid Art

Mary Sibande is a multi-talented artist from Johannesburg. Born in 1982, the South African artist’s art consists of sculptures, photography, paintings, and design. With her creations, she depicts black South Africans in a postcolonial context. Her work often focuses on her own personal experiences and black women during apartheid. About Mary Sibande The artist was raised in apartheid South Africa by her grandmother. Her mother, grandmother and great grandmother were all domestic workers and inspired many of her works. Sibande initially wanted to be a fashion designer. Something that is very much present in all of her sculptures. She uses both fashion and design to tell a sad part of history beautifully.

Mary Sibande Sophie and her inspirations Sophie is Mary Sibande’s alter ego who tells the story of post-apartheid South Africa. A Reversed Retrogress, a tableau she created in 2013 are two mirror-image manikins with one dressed in blue and the other covered in with purple tassels. Both women look suspended in time. With this representation, she pays homage to the women in her family who were all maids from her great grandmother to her own mother. Black women were discriminated against and didn’t have a choice. Sophie was given this name for some specific reason as mentioned by the artist. During apartheid, it was a must for black children to have Christian names. Sophie was inspired by her great grandmother. She explains how her masters didn’t learn her African name and decided to call her “Elsie”. With Sophie, Sibande wants this part of history to stay alive, so future generations would know. Changing colors To not be referred to as the artist who “makes Sophie stories about domestic workers in her family”, Sibande has to change her color scheme every four years. Living Memory (2011), female figures in teal combat trousers are inspired by her father who was a soldier but the manikin has a female body. This is because everything she knew of her father during her childhood was through her mother. She was only three when her parents separated. The young artist used to be angry with her father but later understood that he had no choice to join the army. Black men in Africa were taken away to work as miners or soldiers.

Living Memory (2011). Photo: Gallery MOMO Many of her other representations are of different colors. The use of purple represents the Purple Rain protest of 1989 in Cape Town. Anti-apartheid marchers were sprayed with purple dye so that they were visible and easier to arrest later on. The untold part of history Mary Sibande’s art is very deep as it touches subjects that are very much taboo. Her works are also personal, which include members of her family that she holds close to her heart but also references the history of South Africa from the black’s perspective. She tells the sad story in a happier way, knowing that it won’t take away what happened to black women in the South African past but still portray the painful truth. What people want to see will depend on the viewer, some may see violence but others can see her representation of women to be dancing and being happy. Read the full article

#AfricanArtist #BlackArt #ContemporaryAfricanArtists #MarySibande

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360artlife · 4 years

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Reposted from @marcpadeu (@get_regrann) - The young king is dead #acrylicpainting #godsavetheking #marcpadeu #360artlife #regrann #contemporaryartist #contemporaryafricanartists #contemporaryart #creativecontent #weloveafrica https://www.instagram.com/p/B7ZW-YbFpRx/?igshid=dbhi78e1pztc

#acrylicpainting #godsavetheking #marcpadeu #360artlife #regrann #contemporaryartist #contemporaryafricanartists #contemporaryart #creativecontent #weloveafrica

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robertomastroianni · 5 years

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Wangechi Mutu (Kenyan, born 1972), “Second Born”, Prints and multiples, 24 kt gold, collograph, relief, digital printing, collage and hand-coloring, Edition: 35, 91.4 x 109.2 cm, 2013. Courtesy Zane Bennet Contemporary Art, Santa Fe. . Wangechi Mutu is a contemporary Kenyan artist noted for her work conflating gender, race, art history, and personal identity. Creating complex collages, videos, sculptures, and performances, Mutu’s work features recurring mysterious leitmotifs such as masked women and snake-like tendrils. Her pastiche-like practice combines a variety of source material and textures to explore consumerism and excess. The almost science fiction-like nature of her imagery has placed her work within the realm of Afrofuturism, and her practice is often discussed as providing an alternate course of history for people of African descent. Deeply concerned with Western commercialism, Mutu has explained that “a lot of my work reflects the incredible influence that America has had on contemporary African culture. Some of it's insidious, some of it's innocuous, some of it's invisible. It's there.” Born on June 22, 1972 in Nairobi, Kenya, she received her MFA in sculpture from Yale University in 2000. Her work has been exhibited worldwide. The artist lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. Courtesy text: Artnet #afrofuturism #contemporaryafricanart #wangechimutu #art #contemporaryart #artecontemporanea #gender #race #arthistory #painting #sculture #kenya #artnet #zanebennett #contemporarypainting #contemporaryafricanartists (presso Accademia Albertina) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2HjkEpIEzF/?igshid=17c80abqcycwv

#afrofuturism #contemporaryafricanart #wangechimutu #art #contemporaryart #artecontemporanea #gender #race #arthistory #painting #sculture #kenya #artnet #zanebennett #contemporarypainting #contemporaryafricanartists

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galerieartprimitif · 5 years

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#Contemporaryafricanart #contemporaryafricanartist #africanqueen #africanartist #artistconnect #artsupporters #artcollector #artbuyersclub #artbusiness #artoftheday #artistopportunity #westafrica #contemporarypainting #acrylicpainting #realisticdrawing #poetry #art #creativity #artspeaks #artisthigh #beirutartfair #artbeirut #contemporaryart #artfair #africanart #cristianomangovo #Repost #patrickdougher #108 #Godbody (à Art Gallery L'Oeil et la Main) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1UFgBYIMk2/?igshid=106136unhlhq8

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jshuri-blog · 5 years

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Jacksonshuri.com Sheikh Ibrahima Fall was a disciple of #SheikhAamaduBàmbaMbàkke, founder of the #Mouride #Brotherhood movement in West Africa. Well known in the Mouride Brotherhood, Ibrahima Fall established the influential #BayeFall movement. #jacksonshuri #contemporaryafricanart #contemporaryafricanartist #Dkar #senegal #newyork #artbasel #London #paris #interiordesigner #touba #graphicdesign #blackandwhite #artcollector #africanart (at Dakar, Senegal) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0kgweCgdjX/?igshid=rr0znxnjrc72

#sheikhaamadubàmbambàkke #mouride #brotherhood #bayefall #jacksonshuri #contemporaryafricanart #contemporaryafricanartist #dkar #senegal #newyork #artbasel #london #paris #interiordesigner #touba #graphicdesign #blackandwhite #artcollector #africanart

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patrickseruwu-blog · 4 years

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‘’Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice’‘ Steve Jobs.

2020.

#patrickseruwuart #www.patrickseruwu.com #artlovers #contemporaryart #contemporaryafricanartists #galleryart #onlinexhibition #artforsale #collageart #paintings

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pikasus-artenews · 3 years

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Abdoulaye Konaté – Symphony of colours

Mostra online alla Primo Marella Gallery.

https://www.pikasus.com/abdoulaye-konate-symphony-of-colours/

#art #arte #mostra #exhibition #onlineexhibition #mostraonline #artecontemporanea #contemporaryart #abdoulayekonate #africanart #contemporaryafricanartist #galleriaprimomarella #primomarellagallery #pikasus #pikasusartenews

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llemaoana · 5 years

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#Repost @mncedimadolo with @get_repost ・・・ ..and Art comes first. . . . #africanart #contemporaryafricanart #AKAAfair #artfair19 #gallerywall #southafrica #museum #contemporaryafricanartist #afrofuturism #arthousecontemporary #africanartist #modernart #artmag #2019 #artfair19 #neoafricanart #artmagazine #artcollector #artfair #artfairparis #artfairlondon #154artfair https://www.instagram.com/p/BrGgalCh95Q7eiwP2BqVxVyTnhKDeaYNRIWDuA0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1sucydk42x0y0

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thethinginthebag · 6 years

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@pheobeboswell @154artfair #contemporaryartist #contemporaryafricanartist #videoart #videoartist #154artfair #phoebeboswell #feministart (at Pioneer Works)

#videoartist #154artfair #contemporaryafricanartist #contemporaryartist #videoart #feministart #phoebeboswell

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ronaldmuchatuta · 4 years

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Throwback to a walkabout I was part of conducted @worldartgallery curated by @museumher 2018 . Giving a explanation in description of my Piece for the exhibition titled “What is South Africa even ? “ . . . . #contemporary_art #contemporarypainter #contemporaryafricanartist #arthurjafa #paintingprocess #whatissouthafricaeven (at Worldart) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_-C6KCDczo/?igshid=1gfaxedshtjmq

#contemporary_art #contemporarypainter #contemporaryafricanartist #arthurjafa #paintingprocess #whatissouthafricaeven

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mohamedaminehamouda · 3 years

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كرني كريدي. ©HAMOUDA Mohamed AMINE 2021. #artist #art #artexhibition #arte #artworks #instaart #inspiration #pigments #colors #minimalism #minimalart #nostalgia #naturalpigments #contemporaryart #arttunisia #contemporaryafricanartists #mohamed_amine_hamouda #experimentalArtist #artoftheday #tunisianpaper #vegetalpaper #handmadepapers #traditionalpaper (à محمد أمين حمودة H A M M O U D A Med A M I N E) https://www.instagram.com/p/CM-RptiHUXI/?igshid=ukisr8cxum6p

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ina-nera · 4 years

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Amoako Boafo aims to challenge the notion of Blackness

Now, more than ever, art speaks to us through a medium that challenges without raising a fist or drawing blood; no one is more adept at saying what needs to be said than Amoako Boafo. Looking through Boafo’s portfolio I’m immediately drawn to the Diaspora Series (2018 ongoing) with its bold colours and patterns. The series of paintings is a celebration of black life. It aims at challenging the notions of blackness that embodies and dehumanises, by assimilating it with negativity. Portraying individuals from the Diaspora and the continent by highlighting self-perception and beauty. It invites for a reflection on blackness and asks for an understanding of its diversity and complexity.

Art is not a job

Born in Accra, Ghana, brought up by his mother and grandmother along with two siblings who made their feelings clear about his career choice. But Boafo knew from an early age he wanted to paint, to be an artist. Starting his journey at Ghanatta College of Arts and Design in Ghana, Boafo credits his peers for teaching him his art. A very generous statement from someone who is so clearly naturally talented and unusually modest.

Amoako Boafo Straight from art school, Boafo studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna. Immediately finding the Austrian capital unreceptive to black people and subsequently the art scene is, in his words, “just as challenging”. He tempers this atmosphere in his first exhibition at the Roberts Project in Los Angeles, in February 2019 with a portrait series which is a celebration of his identity and blackness; an attempt at self-preservation, he says.

Just Like Egon Schiele

Talking to the Los Angeles Times, Boafo recalls his first impression of Vienna. “When I arrived in Vienna, I didn’t think of changing the way I paint or anything, but I heard certain names over and over—Klimt, Schiele, Lassnig—and I wanted to see why they were so famous. I actually love their paintings, and every now and then I would test myself to see if I could paint the way they were painting. I could, of course. But with Schiele, I was most interested in seeing how he got his results. You could really see all the brushstrokes and colours he mixed to make a painting, unlike Klimt, whose work is very well mixed, realistic and decorated, which is also good. I just want my paintings to be as free as possible, and Schiele gave me that vibe—the strokes, characters, and composition”.

It’s all in the brushstrokes

Looking at the painting, you are drawn to the immaculate texturing and the all expressions on the sitters face made more poignant by the brushstrokes; drawing the viewer into the quality of statement while allowing you to make up your own mind. The work is excellent and has a broad range, which many might consider un-appealing. This work is so far from bland. To be challenging you need to be seen and you really get the feeling that Boafo sees. The portrait that resonates with me is “Bel”, a 2018 portrayal of a long-suffering woman, possibly his wife, giving that well-known expression of humouring a loved one and acknowledging a back seat position that is both powerful and comforting.

"Bel", 2018. Photo: fashionweekdaily

Every Artist needs a break

Things moved quickly for Boafo once Kehinde Wiley, a prominent gallery owner, bought one of the paintings and then introduced Boafo to his gallery. This may not seem unusual to most but African art was not being bought in Austria; especially contemporary art, and certainly nothing that hadn’t been painted for at least two hundred years earlier. Exhibitions follow soon after with his first exhibition at Roberts Projects in Los Angeles, titled “I see me” and, more recently, “wish you were here” also at the Roberts Projects—a phrase that resonates with all of us at this moment in time.

We Dey, a nonprofit arts organization in Vienna

Most artists would be put off by the negative response and hightail it back to Ghana. But Boafo is a stoic individual, to be seen and not to have his art whitewashed meant starting We Dey, a self-funded space for artists of any discipline to include performance, drawing, painting. In order to maintain the space, the exhibition space is funded by a successful yearly crowdfunded project. No one can deny that enthusiasm and hard work pay off. The aim now is to create a similar space in Ghana to support other artists. Boafo is an artist we will see much more of in the years to come. Anyone who can be quiet and extremely vocal at the same time is a force to be reckoned with—mark my words. Read the full article

#AfricanArtist #AmoakoBoafo #ContemporaryAfricanArtist #Ghana #Portrait

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360artlife · 5 years

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Reposted from @obioraanamaleze - Title - NECTAR Medium - Oil on canvas Size - 48 inches x 52 inches ________________________________________________________________ #360artlife #regrann #floral #nectar #nigerianart #africanart #africanpainting #contemporarypainting #contemporaryafricanartists #artwork #creativecontent #africanpainting #artinafrica #colourfulpainting #paint #colours #flowerpainting #artpages #art #followforfollow #instaart #contemporarynigerianart #contemporaryafrica #contemporaryart #digitalgallery #onlineartgallery https://www.instagram.com/p/B1AC8H3AF11/?igshid=1211m23xeq2o0

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