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Adeyemi O. Oluwole

Art in contemporary state of mind promts us in establishing the gallery, and, a closer look to the emergence of art business make EXOTICXPReSSION to come

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African art store

African art store

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Colour jewels

We make beaded African jewelery of all designs for all functions in Uganda, Kampala on a small scale and sell to individuals after making orders. You

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A CALL FOR AFRICAN ART DEALERS WHOLESALERS RETAILER TO CARRY AFRICAN FRAMED CARVINGS

I’m a wood carving and framing artist based in South Africa. I make quality African traditional sculptures designed for framing options for interior walls

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FRAMED AFRICAN WOOD CARVING FROM AFRICA AVAILABLE AT WHOLESALE IN CALIFORNIA

FRAMED AFRICAN WOOD CARVING FROM AFRICA AVAILABLE AT WHOLESALE IN CALIFORNIA Welcome to D.Mphaka Crafts framed carvings collection. My name is S. Domingos,

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Wildlife Artist

From the heart of Lute Vink... “How would I want to be remembered: as an artist that stood in awe by the natural beauty of our planet Earth that respected

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Gibson Grey's Cane furniture

Gibson Grey is a Malawian business specialised in making contemporary Cane furniture from locally sourced materials. We make a range of cane furniture

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African Art Gallery - Milano - Italy

The history of the African Art Gallery of Milan goes back a long way. It was founded in the Sixties by Adolfo Bartolomucci who had then left France to

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Mário Macilau

BIOGRAPHY | MARIO MACILAU | B.1984, LIVES AND WORKS IN MAPUTO | As the plants do not choose the garden in which they flourish and blossom, Mário Macilau

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DOUBLEWEALTH ART GALLERY

THIS GALLERY IS COMMITTED TO ENCOURAGING UP COMING TALENTED ARTISTS IN NIGERIA, IRRESPECTIVE OF THEIR BACKGROUND OR LIMITATIONS, COLLABORATION WITH FOREIGN

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abu mutaka

abubakar kamal mutaka is my name. I hail from koforidua, situated at the eastern part of ghana. I had my secondary schooling at koforidua secondary school

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Contemporary African Art, Merka Gallery

I am a self taught African visual artist. I believe that every human being is a born artist. Art is a social movement. Art is entangled with knowledge

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Stickman Cane Furniture

Stickman Cane Furniture is a well established and experienced manufacturing company in the business of modern cane furniture. We specialise in indoor

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AFRICAN WOODCARVING ARTISTS ARE LOOKING FOR DISTRIBUTORS IN USA, EUROPE

We are woodcarving and beaded work artists based in South Africa Johannesburg. We are doing quality African traditional wood hand carved arts which are

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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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