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AFRICAN WOODCARVING ARTISTS

We are woodcarving artists based in South Africa, Johannesburg. We are doing quality African traditional sculptures which are designed for framing. We

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African Art Online

African Art Online's mission is to provide a safe environment to show case talented artisans from around Africa. We also pride ourselves in providing 5

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Lega ceremonial hat from DR Congo, african tribal art

I have been collecting and dealing in african tribal art for nearly twenty years now. I am focused on the artifacts of the tribes of the Congo Basin,

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John Kenny - Sub Saharan Photography across the African Continent

I've been travelling across remote traditional Sub Saharan communities in the East, West and South of the African continent since 2006. My work attempts

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I'M A PRISM TOO

I'm working on a work titled 'I'm a Prism too'. Here is a few lines on my thought processes on what my goal and aim in the work is. I've called this

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Tribal Art Studio

Gallery of Artifacts including but not limited to African Sculptures, Statues and Carvings

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Nigerian artist, full-time art educator

Nigerian artist, Oladimeji Oluwagbemiga Isaac,full-time art educator lecturer Department Fine and applied arts, Tai Solarin College of Education, Omu-Ijebu,

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Tribal Art Hunter

Working with private and corporate art collectors, designers, and members of the trade, Tribal Art Hunter offers a full range of consulting services in

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Bronwen Evans-Beira and beyond

I am currently living and working in my studio in Mutare, Zimbabwe and have just exhibited in Beira, Mozambique. These oil paintings are a few of the images

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Bronwen Evans

I am a Zimbabwean artist who specialises in oils on canvases. I have just held a solo exhibition in Beira, Mozambique and these pictures are some that

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Winnipeg-based Nigerian Artist Yisa Akinbolaji Painting with Multi-Layering Experience

African artist, Yisa Akinbolaji, of Winnipeg is a full-time visual artist. Before coming to Canada in 1997, Yisa was recognized as a leading Nigerian artist

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Resistance Art

In South Africa the years 1968-1971 saw a window for relatively free expression before the Government clamped down on cultural groups linked to the Black Consciousness movement; an opportunity in time that was reflected in an exhibition shown at the Durban Art Gallery called 'Art, South Africa Today' - the beginnings of Resistance Art

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Contemporary African Photography

Contemporary African photography is an area where African artists have long expressed their individuality as far back as the 1840's and today it is still a very established and dynamic form of artistic manifestation

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Contemporary African Artists

I believe that contemporary African artists are faced with an enormous challenge right now that has exactly to do with the fact that they are 'African', existing in a global situation that currently appears to promote artists as worthy of recognition only if they comply with Western convention and parameters

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South African Modernists

Modernism is a term applied to the innovative development of the arts in the 20th C which saw a break with realism and naturalism and other such traditional art forms. This equally applies to the South African Modernists

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Art workshops

In 1944, John Koenakeefe Mohl's 'White Studio' in Sophia town, Johannesburg laid the foundation for the establishment of fine art by black artists in South Africa and Art workshops

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African Modernists

In the 1940s African art was primarily associated with 'primitivism' and its influence on cubism and other forms of post impressionistic art. African Modernists had not yet made an impact.

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Dogon

The ancient Dogon tribe of Mali is a fascinating but vanishing one

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South African Art

So much has been written and documented about South African Art, particularly in the past two decades.

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African art history

African art history has played a significant role in shaping the culture and history of the world. The belief that Africa is the cradle of the history of mankind is virtually unshakeable.

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Contemporary African Art

Contemporary African Art is difficult to categorize just as singularly defining 'art' in the 21st Century is virtually impossible.

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African Craft

Immediately, with the phrase African craft one enters into the realm of what is art and what is craft?

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African decor

African decor can be hugely dynamic, creative and inspiring

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Tribal Art

What do we define by 'Tribal Art' (also known as Ethnographic art)?

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African musical instruments

Performing music and making African musical instruments is an integral part of most communities and it varies not only from country to country but from village to village.

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