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What is African Art
African Art
What is African art? If the answer seems self-evident it is not.
What is African Art
Explore and Understand Africa Through Her Food and Culture
8-7-2012
Art plays an essential role in the lives of the African people and their communities and people across the world.
What
is African art? If the answer seems self-evident it is not.
What is African art?
What is meant by ‘African’ is just a matter of
geography or ethnicity? Africa is a
diverse continent of many cultures and African art falls under many headings as
well. African art was once regarded as primitive art in museums.
Each African artist has their own uniqueness
providing a positive glimpse into the talent of Africa’s artists and their
continuing inspiration on art and culture thru the world.
South African artist Marcus Neustetter created
Chasing Light in 2010 as a digital projection. Chasing Light has been presented
as laser and glow stick performances, digital prints, and computerized
simulations. Neustetter has yet to see the aurora borealis, but he notes,
"Until then, I'm very happy to continue making work about chasing light.
Yoruba carvings by Olowe of Ise was born about
1875 in Efon-Alaiye, a town in eastern Yorubaland that was once a kingdom and
one of the most important centers of Yoruba carving.
Olowe of Ise descendants
claim he was self-taught, but it is likely that he learned the Yoruba canon and
perfected his carving skills during an apprenticeship.
Olowe was an innovative and virtuosic, even daring, artist as demonstrated in this sculpture. Among the Yoruba such elaborately carved and decorated bowls were prestige objects used to offer kola nuts to guests or to deities during religious worship.
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