Sentences with phrase «african aesthetic traditions»

The exhibition, which takes its name from Robert Farris Thompson's book exploring the lasting influence of West African aesthetic traditions on contemporary diasporic communities, investigates and gives new meaning to West African aesthetic traditions.

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The group derives its dance techniques and methodology from movement characteristics, aesthetic qualities and the philosophy of African dance traditions, as well as the enormous movements and rhythmic resources available in various communities throughout Ghana.

The patterning that composes each image is sourced from both Eastern and Western aesthetic traditions: Paleolithic and Neo-Paleolithic fetish objects, West African ceremonial masks, Greek Icon painting, Italian and Northern Renaissance altarpieces, Jewish ceremonial textiles such as Tallit and Torah arks, Islamic prayer rugs, alchemical diagrams and geometric references to mathematical equations.

Lawrence adopted his characteristic simple forms and abstract elements from African art, linking that aesthetic tradition to present - day black identity.

Drawing from the histories of the Civil Rights and Black Resistance movements, Black aesthetic tradition, and the historical avant - garde, Becoming Imperceptible invites you to reimagine both our history and future and opens up a rigorous conversation about system and form in the European, African, and American avant - gardes of the last century.

His work «explores textile as an aesthetic that is contemporary yet also anchored in perpetually evolving traditions», writes the contemporary African art expert Joëlle Busca.