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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.
Eastern
coasts of Caribbean, United States, and South America, are in danger of being blasted
by hurricanes wind and rain during hurricane season from June through November. But,
why?
The scientific reason why is because of Africa’s
Sahara desert dust storms and the transition of thunderstorms off the west coast
of Africa. The waters in the North Atlantic Ocean are typically at their
warmest while the Sahara is at its hottest from July through October, so the
chances of a hurricane are highest during these months. Hurricanes
are gigantic weather systems using convection, the movement of hot and cold
air, to create dangerous storms. They are rotating heat engines powered by the
warmth of tropical waters having three main parts, the eye, the eyewall, and
rainbands.
Hurricanes cannot form just anywhere in the world due to the need
for hot and humid air. They normally form close to the equator and move west or
northwest. Hurricane Alley is a stretch of warm water through the Atlantic
Ocea…
Rich get richer
Survival of the Fattest, obese Europeans starving Africa
Survival of the Fattest is a sculpture of a small starving African man, carrying Lady Justice, a huge obese European woman who is a symbol of the rich world.
Explore and Understand Africa Through Her Food and Culture
5-12-2016
Survival of the Fattest Meaning The copper statue Survival of the Fattest by Jens Galschiøt and Lars Calmar was created in 2002. The fat woman is holding a pair of scales as a symbol of justice however; she is
closing her eyes so the justice. Galschiot symbolized the woman as being blind, refusing to see the obvious
injustice. For the rich people of the world the main issue in life is that of overeating while people in the third world are dying every day from
hunger. The misery of imbalanced wealth distribution is creating floods of refugees. However the rich only want to preserve their privileges and take measures so harsh against the poor, they betray their morals …
It is easy to talk the talk and give advice African Proverb
African Proverb
It's easy to talk the talk and give advice on love, careers or even recycling on how things should be done. But, the person giving the advice does not act in a way that agrees with the advice they are giving. The proverb implies that a person should back up their talking with action.
It is easy to talk the talk and give advice
Explore and Understand Africa Through Her Food and Culture
1-30-2015
Beware of the naked man who offers you clothes is a proverb used to call out hypocrites; people who are single but give advice on how to have a happy marriage, a person who is overweight supplying dieting tips, environmentalists who do not recycle, people on social media who want to show you how to become rich when they are poor, and politicians who send their children to private school while making speeches on the virtues of public school.
Hidden Agenda of Gift-Giving Definition of giving with an ulterior motive is …
Being African in America I have grown up learning about different ethnic cultures. My mother is a historian of African culture and history and her influence expanded my activities to several best-selling cookbooks, magazine columns, self-branded products, and a popular African culture and food blog.
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