Sentences with phrase «traditional african»

If you haven't spotted this trend yet, or aren't familiar with the term, mudcloth is a traditional African fabric that -LSB-...]

This practice has also been found to exist in indigenous cultures in South Africa, 2 and it has been reported in remote areas of Kenya.3 Non-monogamous social norms and polygamous marriages in some traditional African cultures are believed to contribute to the lack of success of HIV prevention campaigns that aim to convince people to reduce their number of sexual partners.

I believe she's referring to the disconnect between traditional African culture for a PoC growing up in the West.

Enter Ndioba Niang and Tameka Stigers, both of whom are traditional African - style hair braiders attempting to support themselves by offering their services to willing customers.

««Good Night Sweetheart» (1931) is based on themes from Schubert's Symphony in C and Liszt's preludes»); ««The Lion Sleeps Tonight,» also known as «Wimoweh» — recorded by the Weavers in 1952 and the Tokens in 1961 — is based on a traditional African song»); and folk songs based on religious tunes («[T] he melody of [Bob] Dylan's first big hit, «Blowin» in the Wind,» was based on an antislavery spiritual, «No More Auction Block».

But while this can help mainstream the traditional African aesthetic for a global audience while donating funds, the failure to take that extra step and bring production to the continent is a wasted opportunity.

Located in the heart of Karen South about 20 km from the Nairobi CBD, a replica of natural paradise; spread over 9 acres with a breath - taking view of 18 different species of indigenous trees are the chic boutiques Traditional African Huts at The Langata Learning Center.

The guests were ushered into the home of one of the community group members with song and dance and later treated to a scrumptious buffet of traditional African meals prepared by the group members.

The day was crowned with an array of traditional African delicacies served around a bonfire where the guests and community members had a chance to interact before retiring to an overnight homestay in the host family's house.

CS Keriako Tobiko was gifted a traditional African three - legged stool.

Known for his collaborations with museums and cultural institutions throughout the world, Wilson's Local Color incorporates traditional African and Caribbean artifacts from the Studio Museum's permanent collection and an assortment of objects the artist purchased along Harlem's 125th Street.

A witness to the Watts Rebellion of 1965, Noah Purifoy gathered materials from the streets to craft objects that recalled traditional African sculpture, while Betye Saar's objects fused African and native - American religious practices with the racist symbolism of popular culture.

Manipulating ink and acrylic paint into pools of colour she carefully applies to her surfaces imagery sampled from disparate sources - medical diagrams, fashion magazines, anthropology and botany texts, pornography, and traditional African arts.

At Paris Photo, the South African gallery Stevenson was showing a new series of photographs by Mr. Chagas, of models wearing traditional African masks, made in editions of seven.

By using traditional African craft, the playful reconstruction of these American landmarks amplifies notions of culture within a globalized and capitalist context, and blurs the lines between commerce and tradition, as well as between art and craft.

Enlarged to a startling effect, it abandons allusions to the object from which it originated to echo the design of traditional African shields.

Rendered in a style that synthesizes post-Cubist Picasso, Pop Art and traditional African sculpture and design, the figures in these paintings reflect the tension arising from interracial contact and the psychological substructure of racism in everyday life,» the gallery press release states.

Composed of steam irons and cords, «American Beauty» (1989) «evokes the appearance of a traditional African sculpture suggesting not only its inspiration to the development of Cubism and such modern artists as Picasso and Braque, but also the previously exclusive definition of American beauty — blonde, white - skinned females.»

Rendered in a style that synthesises post-Cubist Picasso, Pop Art and traditional African sculpture and design, the figures in these paintings reflect the tension arising from interracial contact and the psychological substructure of racism in everyday life, a far cry from the utopian aspirations of the civil rights movement happening at the time.

At Howard, Catlett iv absorbed elements of both traditional African art and European modernism that served as touchstones throughout her later career.

At once hypnotizing and unsettling, Chagas» photographs of people dressed in modern clothing, yet with their heads covered in traditional african masks or plastic bags, critique consumerism in modern society.

For More Sweetly, Mr. Kentridge enlisted the diverse sounds of a South African brass band and a team of sound and animation engineers in order to create a dizzying pastiche of cultural references for this unique version of the ancient dance, which riffs on Mardi Gras jazz and regalia, Mexican Dia de los Muertos imagery, Catholic funerary marches,»60s protest chants, traditional African dance, college marching band choreography, and military parades, just to name some of the influences present.

«Space and Object» is an exploration of Africa's architecture and design, while «Origin and Future» shows how contemporary African design recalls traditional African art.

In Kerry James Marshall's Rythm Mastr comic strip, an urban superhero battles the forces of evil using a combination of futuristic and traditional African accoutrements.

Her aesthetic influences are culled from traditional African and Caribbean visual art and culture; her meticulous fashioning and application of materials such as raffia, beads, and porcelain to her pieces alludes to women's labor and its past and present importance in global trade.

When it comes to style, they can be placed at a meeting point of European art and traditional African sculpture.

And a few booths away Tilton Gallery, also new to the fair this year, also brings a strong female showing with a new series by Simone Leigh, «The Anatomy of Architecture» — ceramic busts inspired by traditional African houses, adorned with small porcelain rosettes.

His work is often created out of found materials and certain pieces from his past, including traditional African sculpture, tintypes of his family members, piano keys, and Georgia red clay.

These forms open up a dialogue between traditional African art and the commentary on Mabunda's own childhood experience of war.

Into the New Sea (Nomad) depicts an empty field of wheat punctured only by the sinuous curve of Simmons's body, which is draped in a striking red shawl that recalls a traditional African outfit.

Using found materials, El Anatsui draws on traditional African idioms and contemporary western art practices, to comment on West African culture, history, and society.

In addition to introducing audiences to the multiple imaginations and voices that constitute today's African artists, the book will explore the way that this body of photo - based art arises from the dialectic of traditional African aesthetic values and Western influences.

This exhibition uses the work of one of the most renowned artistic quilt makers, Faith Ringgold, as an entry point to look backward at traditional African American quilts and forward to expressive, decorative quilts, artistic quilts, and the work of painters and mixed media artists who improvise upon the form.

While the masks could be said to draw on a local history of traditional African art, Mabunda's work takes on a striking Modernist edge akin to imagery by Braque and Picasso.

Jackson Jarvis works with natural materials, including clay, glass, wood, and stone, to create sculpture in the round, using traditional African dung firing and Japanese raku techniques.

In works such as American Beauty, from 1989, Cole evokes the appearance of a traditional African sculpture suggesting not only its inspiration to the development of Cubism and such modern artists as Picasso and Braque, but also the previously exclusive definition of American beauty — blonde, white - skinned females.

Noah Purifoy's work amasses found objects — chair - casters, pipes, shoe lasts — into mysterious totemic structures that tap into a vein of traditional African belief that runs deep in American culture, while Betye Saar brings a chilling political twist to the form with the likes of Sambo's Banjo, where she dangles the image of a lynched man inside a «Sambo» banjo case.

He is most recognized for his masks made of plastic gasoline canisters that with his creative adornment resemble traditional African masks.

The focus of the work is Marshall «Äôs expansive narrative, Rythm Mastr (preliminary drawings of which were featured in his Season 1 segment), a story of love, vengeance, and redemption in the inner city, featuring African - American superheroes based on traditional African sculpture and stories, and realized in comic strip form.

Gallery Jatad celebrates its one - year anniversary with a show of antique traditional African masks June 26 - Aug.

First Year Anniversary Show: Antique traditional African masks, opens Thursday; reception 3 p.m. Saturday, through Aug. 16; Gallery Jatad, 1517 Blodgett; 832-657-4328, galleryjatad.com.

First Year Anniversary Show: Antique traditional African masks, through Aug. 16; Gallery Jatad, 1517 Blodgett; 832-657-4328, galleryjatad.com.

My Rock Stars: Volume 1, new body of work by photographer Hassan Hajjaj that pays homage to traditional African portraiture, while celebrating present - day pop stars, unsung artists and personal inspirations in Hajjaj's life.

Lassibille has focused her research on the uses of dance categories, particularly «traditional African dance» and «contemporary African dance», and their choreographic effects.

As you walked into the space, you met with a series of collages, including Histology of the Different Classes of Uterine Tumors, in which age - old medical illustrations are resuscitated through new faces, and Bedroom Masks, in which postcards of traditional African masks are combined with images of black women in porn to emphasize their fetishisation and the conflation of these stereotypes.

Daaimah Taalib - Din for Sustained Achievement with Forces of Nature Dance Theatre A chameleon of dance styles from traditional African to contemporary African Diasporic forms.

Refraction features 12 artists who are reviving the traditional African rites of masking, costuming, quilting, body ornamentation and invocation of spirits and will be on view through June 2.

Well, take a look at these miniature sculptures by African Sensations - a joint venture between an experienced African wildlife photographer and graphic designer plus a traditional African artist.

Another example is London - based artist Taslim Martin's metal stool, modeled on a traditional African headrest used to preserve elaborate hairstyles while sleeping.

Since 1990 Sol» Sax has produced objects, images, and performances that fuse African - American cultural heritages like Hip - Hop, House, Reggae, Soul, Jazz, Blues, and spirituals with traditional African religions like Yoruba, Congo, Mende, Akan, and Fon.