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04/23/2013

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CHERI SAMBA
Definition

ARTIST; SIGN-WRITER

DISCOVERED BY WESTERN ART COLLECTORS

AFRICA EXPLORES

PROVOCATIVE POLITICAL/SOCIAL COMMENTARY

"TONGUE AND CHEEK"

BRIGHT PALLETS

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SEYDOU KEITA
Definition

SELF-TAUGHT ARTIST

USED BED SHEETS

CONSIDERED HIS WORK TO BE OF SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY

COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHER

was a self-taught portrait photographer from Bamako. He is mostly known for his portraits of people and families he took between 1940 and the early sixties and that are widely acknowledged not only as a record of Malian society, but also as pieces of art.

Term
CHERI SAMBA - ART EXAMPLE
Definition

"PARIS IS CLEAN"

1989

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SEYDOU KEITA - ART EXAMPLE
Definition

"UNTITLED PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN"

1957

Term
YINKA SHONIBARE
Definition

ENGLAND BORN

NIGERIAN PARENTS

FORMAL ARTISTIC TRAINING

FAMOUS FOR DUTCH/INDONESIAN FABRIC APPROPRIATION ARTWORKS

COMMENTING BRITISH COLONIAL POWER

Term
YINKA SHONIBARE - ART EXAMPLE
Definition

"SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA"

2000

Term
LAMIDI FAKEYE
Definition

1940S; NIGERIAN

SELF-TAUGHT NEO-TRADITIONAL YORUBA SCULPTOR

TRAINED UNDER KEVIN CARROLL

REPRESENTED WESTERN IMAGES IN YORUBA AESTHETICS

 

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LAMIDI FAKEYE - ART EXAMPLE
Definition

"FLIGHT INTO EGYPT"

1956

Term
"BEADED PRAYERS"
Definition

SONYA CLARK

(WORK: 1999-2004)

BEADS (SYNONYMOUS WITH ROSARY PRAYERS)

AMULETS WORN FOR PROTECTION, HEALTH, AND POWER - CONTAINING POWERFUL MESSAGES

Term
"POLLY STREET"
Definition

ART INSTITUTE IN JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA

WORKSHOP

1949

TRAINED YOUNG ARTISTS IN 50S & 60S

WEEKLY AND TWICE-WEEKLY CLASSES OVER EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME

Term
CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN ART
Definition
PIONEERED IN 50S AND 60S, TERM USED TO DEFINE THE ENTIRETY OF STYLES AND NATIONAL PRODUCTS OF AFRICAN ARTISTS, AND OF THE ARTISTIC, CULTURAL, AND INSTITUTIONAL DYNAMICS OF AFRICA
Term
FLOUR-SACK PAINTERS
Definition

MODERN ART IN CONGO DATING BACK TO COLONIAL PERIOD

AFRICAN ARTISTS EXPOSED TO WESTERN PRACTICES AND PATRONAGES

SELF-TAUGHT ARTISTS USED CHEAP MATERIALS (FLOUR-SACKS) TO SELL THEIR PAINTINGS

POLITICAL/SOCIAL COMMENTARY

Term
"BRONZE HEAD"
Definition

SOKARI DOUGLAS-CAMP

1987

 

Term
APPROPRIATION
Definition

THE TACTICAL BORROWING IN VISUAL ARTS FROM ONE CONTEXT TO ANOTHER

SHONIBARE (APPROPRIATES FABRIC IN SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA)

ODUNDO (APPROPRIATES NIGERIAN AND NEW MEXICO WOMEN ART OF POTTERY)

Term
AFRICA EXPLORES
Definition

ONE OF FIRST EXHIBITS IN WEST (NEW YORK) OF AFRICAN ART AND ARTISTS

"DISCOVERED" ARTISTS LIKE CHERI SAMBA

MOVED AFRICAN ART TO BROADER CONTEXTS OF GLOBAL ART

Term
MODERNISM
Definition

ART STYLE THAT BREAKS AWAY FROM TRADITIONAL ACADEMIC PRACTICES

IDEOLOGY

USUALLY ABSTRACT

Term
MAGDALENE ODUNDO
Definition

KENYA

STUDIED AT ROYAL COLLEGE OF ARTS IN LONDON, ENGLAND

STUDIED POTTERY AND SCULPTURE

COMBINED ART OF POTTERY (EAST AFRICAN/NEW MEXICO) WITH SHAPE OF HUMAN (FEMALE) FIGURE

USED COIL METHOD

 

Term
KEVIN CARROLL
Definition

FATHER KEVIN CARROLL

PATRON WHO COMMISSIONED ARTISTS W/ CATHOLIC CHURCH IN YORUBA

EST. ARTISTS LIKE LAMIDI FAKEYE

Term
"PARIS IS CLEAN"
Definition

CHERI SAMBA

1989

COMMENTING ON SOCIAL DISPARITIES AND THE EXPLOITATION OF MAN BY MAN

Term
POST-MODERN ART
Definition

SUGGESTS/ACKNOWLEDGES THE STYLE OF MODERN ART

AIMS TO FULFILL ITS SHORTCOMINGS

INCLUSIVE SOCIOLOGY

Term
"FLIGHT INTO EGYPT"
Definition

LAMIDI FAKEYE 1956

a biblical event described in the Gospel of Matthew (2:13-23), in which Joseph fled to Egypt with his wife Mary and infant son Jesus after a visit by Magi because they learn that King Herod intends to kill the infants of that area.

Term
SOKARI DOUGLAS-CAMP
Definition

Nigerian-born, British artist 

sculptor. Her primary material is steel and her sculptures refer to her Nigerian roots and international issues

Term
ROTIMI FANI-KAYODE
Definition

Nigerian born; moved to England

photographer

explored the tensions created by sexuality, race and culture through stylised portraits and compositions

Term
MAGDALENE ODUNDO - ART EXAMPLE
Definition
"VESSEL - UNTITLED" 2001
Term
SOKARI DOUGLAS-CAMP - ART EXAMPLE
Definition

"BIKE"

2000

Term
ROTIMI FANI-KAYODE - ART EXAMPLE
Definition

"SOPONNOI"

1989

POST HIV-DIAGNOSIS

YORUBAN GOD OF SICKNESS AND HEALING

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