Contemporary African Art

In Africa we don’t see only the antique but we also can see some contemporary art. We can also see that the artists used several of mediums which we can see that they used from the oils to the silk screening. We also can see that the methods varying from brass casting by the ancient which lost wax process to welding tin cans and other metals into the sculpture. Some of the traditionalists like Lamidi Fakeye have produced some sculptures and also wood carving which is based more on the classical African design.  We also can see some large groups that work most on the modern style of the cubism, expressionism and also surrealism while we see other seek a purely personal style. We can also see that the artist lots of them used to be trained in the European and also in the American schools. Although we see then some artist were trained some of them still felt that they can achieve that African expressions only in their native surroundings.

Ben Osawe,

African woman, bronze

Contemporary African Art. 2013. Contemporary African Art. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.archives.gov/research/african-art/.[Accessed 19 May 2013].

African sculpture. 2013. African sculpture. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.contemporary-african-art.com/african-sculpture.html#sthash.ITArc1l9.dpbs.[Accessed 19 May 2013].