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Contemporary African Art in and out of Africa. 1.Formal Category 2. Informal Category: (Workshops; a new internationalism –souvenir art) 3. African Art.

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1 Contemporary African Art in and out of Africa

2 1.Formal Category 2. Informal Category: (Workshops; a new internationalism –souvenir art) 3. African Art on the Global Stage 4. Diaspora Dimension: Ambivalence and Parody

3 Formal Category: Evolution of Modern Art in Africa 1922 Aina Onabolu (1882-1963) Kenneth D. Murray (1902-1972) —British Colonial Officer, 1927 Ben Enwonwu Harlem Renaissance (Alain Locke); Negritude, assimilation ( Leopold Sedar Senghor, Aime Cesaire) Pan Africanism

4 Aina Onabolu, Barrister Oil on canvas 1920s

5 Ben Enwonwu, Agbogho Mmuo, Oil on canvas, 1978 Student of Kenneth Murray Encouraged to reflect visible experiences from their African environment; Negritude and Pan Africanism

6 Ben Enwonwu Sir Adetokunbo Ademola The Alake of Egbaland, Bronze

7 Ben Enwonwu, Statue of Queen Elizabeth 11 Bronze

8 The Zaria School

9 Bruce Onobrakpeya Have You Heard, Oil on canvas, 1959 Influenced by the Adire indigo dyed fabric design patterns of the Yoruba The Zaria Art society, 1958 “Zaria Rebels” Natural synthesis—combining the best of Nigerian values with those from outside

10 Adire, (Indigo dyed cloth) Yoruba, Nigeria, indigo and cotton 20 th century

11 Bruce Onobrakpeya, Untitled Oil on canvas 1961

12 Demas Nwoko, Figure, Terracotta, 1967-8 Influenced by the stylistic elements of Nok

13 Demas Nwoko Adam and Eve Terracotta, 1967/68

14 Informal Category: Catholic Workshops & Experimental Workshops a) Oye Ekiti—Catholic Mission—Father Kevin Carroll (1947-1954)

15 Lamidi Fakeye, Flight into Egypt, wood, 1956 Integration of Christian subject matter with Yoruba sculpture tradition —Africanization of form

16 George Bandele, One of the Three Wise Men From the Christmas Crib Set Wood, beads, pigments 1954

17 The Experimental Workshops b) Mbari Mbayo—Ibadan/Osogbo—Ulli Beier 1961-1968) Osogbo Experiments—Mbari Mbayo Workshop Talented young artists who were still unfettered by European artistic convention

18 Adire, (Indigo dyed cloth) Yoruba, Nigeria, indigo and cotton 20 th century

19 Georgina Beier, Untitled, oil on board 25 panels, 1985

20 Georgina Beier, Untitled, linoleum cut print, 1960

21 Adebisi Akanji, Untitled-scene from A Petrol Station Cement sculpture, Cement n.d

22 Twin Seven Seven, a.k.a Chief Taiwo Olaniyi, Pen and Ink 1967 Phantasmagoric/Dream like images steeped in Yoruba folkloric tradition

23 Jimoh Buraimoh, faces and bird, gouache and beads on board, 1996

24 Informal Category Roadside Art and a new Internationalism

25 Unknown artist, Barber’s Sign—(Salon) shop display, enamel paints on wood

26 Cheri Samba, Why have I signed a contract?, acrylic on canvas, 1990

27 Kane Kwei, Mercedes-Benz shaped coffin, enamel paint on wood, 1989

28 Kane Kwei, Cocoa-pod shaped coffin, enamel paints on wood, 1970

29 Kane Kwei, Hen-shaped coffin, wood and enamel paint, 1989

30 On the Global Stage

31 Man wearing commemorative cloth With likeness of Queen Elizabeth II Ghana, 1960

32 Vote for Peace, Vote ANC, detail, 1994

33 Yinka Shonibare, Scramble for Africa, installation 14 chairs, 14 tables Wax prints, 2000

34 Yinka Shonibare detail

35 Yinka Shonibare, Nelson’s Ship in a Bottle, Trafalgar Square, London, U.K., 2010

36 Yinka Shonibare, the wanderer —commemorating the last ship to import enslaved Africans into the Americas, 1858 Mixed media, 2007

37 Chris Ofili, The Holy Virgin Mary, Acrylic, resin, oil paper collage, Elephant dung on linen, 1996 Imagery of Mary the mother of Jesus; asexualized imagery of Aunt Jemima- the Black Mammy stereotype, domestic/wet nurse

38 Ritual of Imori (Knowing/discerning Destiny), Ijebu-Yoruba, Nigeria Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Sonponna, photograph

39 Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Soponna, Black and white silver gelatin With hand tinting, 1987

40 Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Golden Phallus, Color Photograph, 1989

41 El Anatsui, Chambers of Memory, Terracotta, 1979

42 Kente, hand-woven fabric, Ghana, 20 th. Cent, aesthetics of polyrhythms

43 El Anatsui Patches of History III Wood 1993 Influences of striped woven fabric and scarification patterns—Akan and Igbo traditions

44 El Anatsui Kente Rhapsody, Wood and pigment Date unknown

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47 El Anatsui, Untitled, aluminum and copper wire, 2009

48 Diaspora Dimension: Ambivalence and Parody

49 Renee Cox, Yo Mama Last Supper, C-Print Photograph,

50 A French print “La Belle Hottentot” after the display and objectification of Sarah Bartman (Saartje Bartman)

51 Renee Cox, Saartie Bartman (Hottentot Venus) Photography, 1995

52 Sokari Douglas-Camp Naked Gelede Stainless steel, 1995

53 Edouard Manet, "The Luncheon on the Grass“, oil on canvas, 1862/1863

54 Renee Cox, Cousins at pussy pond, 2001

55 Edouard Manet, Olympia, oil on canvas, 1863

56 Renee Cox, Olympia’s Boyz, Digital c-print, 2001

57 Pablo Picasso, Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, oil on canvas, 1907

58 Faith Ringgold, Picasso’s Studio, Acrylic on canvas And tie-dye fabric, 1991


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