Sentences with phrase «african artists»

Tejumola Olaniyan founded Africacartoons.com, the first continent - wide digital encyclopedia of political cartoons by African artists.

Dan Attoe, Donna Huanca, Dorothy Iannone, Melike Kara, Alex Da Corte, Brian Calvin, Cécile B. Evans, Mark Flood, Dwight Mackintosh, William J. O'Brien, Athena Papadopoulos, Unidentified African Artists

Co-edited by Okwui Enwezor and Chika Okeke - Agulu, «Contemporary African Art Since 1980» is «the first major survey of the work of contemporary African artists from diverse situations, locations, and generations who work either in or outside of Africa.»

Their foundation African Artists for Development (AAD) was started in 2009 in response to the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDG), with the endowment fund African Artists for Development backs community development projects associated with works by contemporary African artists with a deep - seated conviction to secure a better future for the continent through development projects.

The SCAD Museum of Art announces the first showing of The Divine Comedy: Heaven, Purgatory and Hell Revisited by Contemporary African Artists in the United States.

The International Exhibition of the Thirteenth Edition of the Biennial of contemporary african Art is open only to african artists and the diaspora.

Art X Lagos ran for the first time last year, and is the brainchild of businesswoman Tokini Peterside, who has been collecting art for a decade and realized there was a gap in the market for an event that could promote African artists on the continent in a commercial way, while bringing Nigeria closer to the international art circuit.

Other African artists working today include Marlene Dumas, Zarina Bhimji, Wangechi Mutu, and Robin Rhode.

2014 - 2015 The Divine Comedy: Heaven, Hell, Purgatory revisited by Contemporary African Artists, Frankfurt MMK, Frankfurt, Germany; travels to SCAD Museum of Art, Georgia, USA; Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington, USA; Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain; Correo Venezia, Venice; Hayward Gallery, London, England

2014 Frank, Priscilla, 40 Contemporary African Artists Take On Dante's «Divine Comedy», Huffington Post, 20 October

Notable group exhibitions include «The Importance of Being», Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Buenos Aires, Brazil (2015); «Contemporary Art in Dokolo Collection Sindika - You Love Me, You Love Me Not», Almeida Garrett Municipal Library, Porto, Portugal (2015); «The Divine Comedy: Heaven, Hell, Purgatory revisited by Contemporary African Artists», Frankfurt MMK, Frankfurt, Germany; touring to SCAD Museum of Art, Georgia, USA; Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington, USA; Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain; Correo Venezia, Venice; Hayward Gallery, London, England (2015 - 2014); «Slow Future», Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej Zamek, Poland (2014); «INSERT 2014: a cultural exploration of Delhi as a landscape for creativity and transformation», Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, India (2014); «Ruffneck Constructivists», ICA, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (2014); «The Divine Comedy: Heaven, Hell, Purgatory revisited by Contemporary African Artists», curated by Simon Njami, Frankfurt MMK, Frankfurt, Germany; travels to Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington, USA; Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain; Correo Venezia, Venice; Hayward Gallery, London, England (2014); «My Joburg», La Maison Rouge, Paris, France (2013); «Artificial Amsterdam», de Appel Arts Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2013); «Sex, Money and Power», Maison Particulière, Brussels, Belgium (2013); «The Progress of Love», The Menil Collection, Texas, USA (2013 - 2012); «Mexico: Expected / Unexpected», Katzen Arts Centre, Washington D.C., USA (2012); «No Government No Cry», a project by Kendell Geers, CIAP Actuele Kunst, Hasselt, Belgium (2011); «Contemplating the Void», Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA (2010) and «Wall Rockets: Contemporary Artists and Ed Ruscha», The FLAG Art Foundation, New York, USA (2008).

Founded in 2012, the International Biennial of Casablanca aims to create an intercultural dialogue between Moroccan and African artists, and the international art scene.

The Divine Comedy: Heaven, Purgatory and Hell Revisited by Contemporary African Artists explores thematic sequences of Dante Aligheiri's epic poem through new works by more than 40 contemporary artists from 19 African countries, as well as the African diaspora.

Peres Projects is pleased to present Wild Style: Exhibition of Figurative Art, a group exhibition exploring depictions of the human figure by contemporary artists and unidentified African artists active from 200 BC to the present.

Six or seven years ago we began to buy work from the global African diaspora: South African artists, say, or artists of African descent who were born in South America.

The fair has done much to bring attention to African artists in a Western context, coinciding with an increased interest in the contemporary African art market in recent years.

Calabar Gallery showcases contemporary African Artists and African Diaspora artists globally.

At the recent Sotheby's sale, Anatsui's Earth Developing More Roots sold for a reported # 728,750 ($ 963,000), but Shainman says creating a market for African artists has «been a long and arduous process» because «there's no exact recipe.»

The current generation of contemporary African artists is well traveled and up - to - date on artistic developments in New York and London while simultaneously tuned into issues at home.

The figure; a signifier of the land, as depicted by three African artists through the visual exploration of their contemporary experiences.

Forbes has listed Cissé as amongst the top 100 contemporary African Artists, based on monetary value alone.

Next to many applications from European and North American artists there has been a response from Asian, South American and African artists.

Ms. Mutu, who was born in Kenya, is currently the subject of a solo exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum, and is «considered one of the most important contemporary African artists of recent years.»

Works appropriate to this exhibition will be in a variety of media and ask questions about the way that contemporary African artists navigate a space in which increased globalisation is rushing forwards.

In the wake of a number of Africa - related projects over the past years, this exhibition aims to inquire into the significance of African artists» work not primarily in the post-colonial context, but above all with regard to their aesthetics.

The Gallery at Calabar showcases contemporary African Artists and African Diaspora artists globally.

Shonibare has placed works by emerging artists and contemporary African artists who were previously unknown to the Royal Academy alongside well known Academicians.

And that has a kind of African context too in that the African artists or the medicine men and others who were involved with creating things — cultural icons and other things — would determine the value of something and place it in a different context; such as the use of objects from nature.

Three contemporary South African artists share the intensely personal visions that come to life in their work, alongside top curator Hans Ulrich Obrist.

African Artists «Making Worlds.

- Carneval, Masquerade and other Forms of Authorised Anarchy, Kunsthalle Villa Rot, Burgrieden, Germany The House Of The Flying Wheel, Backlit Gallery, Nottingham, UK; travelled to Morley Gallery, UK The Divine Comedy: Heaven, Hell, Purgatory revisited by Contemporary African Artists, curated by Simon Njami, Frankfurt MMK, Frankfurt, Germany; travels to Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington, USA; Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain; Correo Venezia, Venice; Hayward Gallery, London, England

Founded in 2012, the biennial aims to create dialogue between Moroccan and African artists, and the international art scene.

Abstract Minded: Works by Six Contemporary African Artists, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, State University of New York, New Paltz, NY, USA, January - April, 2018

«The Divine Comedy: Heaven, Purgatory, and Hell Revisited by Contemporary African Artists» at The Smithsonian webpage

AFRICA NIGHT, our first art exhibit at New City, featured art by local and national African artists, including Jean Luc Dushime and Ezra Wube, as well as the screening of a documentary by St. Michael's College prof. Anjanette Decarlo.

In 2016, she launched The Gallery at Calabar in Harlem focused on contemporary African Artists and African Diaspora artists globally whose work is inspired and influenced by black and global African culture globally investigating dynamic ideas about art, culture and society.

GEORGE HALLETT: PORTRAITS FROM EXILE South African Artists in London and Paris 1970s - 80s A non-selling exhibition curated by Christine Eyene 24 — 27 Oct 2010

David Koloane is one of the important South African artists of recent decades.

SCAD presents the U.S. premiere of «The Divine Comedy: Heaven, Purgatory and Hell Revisited by Contemporary African Artists.»

Featuring work from Kapwani Kiwanga, François - Xavier Gbré and Dan Halter, the fair authentically engaged with themes throughout African art and culture that are often overlooked and showed awareness of a new generation of African artists.

She was also featured in the «African Artists of the Future Calendar» in 2002, and her work was included in the Fela Project at the New Museum of Contemporary Art in 2003.

The exhibition at CAAM presents the work of these four African artists living in the United States as the foundation of a critical discussion about history, fact, and fiction.

Held annually, in proud partnership with the Association of Arts Pretoria, this competition is open to all South African artists who are 18 years and older and have not yet held a solo exhibition.

Like other African artists of his generation, he sought to create a national art and aesthetic, born out of the effects of colonialism and steeped in the history and culture of his country.

Equally the number of African artists represented in Christine Macel's Vive Arte Viva!exhibition was a minute fraction.

As African artists know, masks are transformative: By changing the wearer's identity, they define relationships between individuals and communities.

«El - Salahi is arguably one of the most important modern African artists alive,» said curator Elvira Dyangani Ose, who co-curated the retrospective at the Tate with Hassan.

He was recently named the recipient of the highly prestigious 2015 Standard Bank Young Artist Award for Performance given to young South African artists who have demonstrated exceptional ability in their chosen field.

He is the founder and director of the African Artists» Foundation (AAF), a non-profit organization based in Lagos, Nigeria, and dedicated to the promotion and development of contemporary African arts and artists.

In their respective works, painter Njideka Akunyili Crosby and filmmaker and video artist Akosua Adoma Owusu explore their experiences as African artists living and work in the United States.