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Africa Reimagined

How Classic African Art Influences Contemporary Art

August 30, 2019 By: Adenike Cosgrove

'Amalgam'
Theaster Gates, 2019

Installation view of Amalgam, Palais de Tokyo, Paris
Image courtesy White Cube

Nchibi Mask
Unknown Widekum Artist, Cameroon

Image courtesy Dorotheum 'Tribal Art', 04 December 2018

'Gay Black Cats MC'
Grayson Perry, 2017

Image courtesy RAW Editions

Asafo Frankaa Flag
Unknown Fante Artist, Ghana

Image courtesy Christie's 'African and Oceanic Art', 15 June 2010

'Avenue of Girls'
Ajarb Bernard Ategwa, 2016

Image courtesy Jack Bell Gallery

Okuyi Mask
Unknown Punu-Lumbo Artist, Gabon

Image courtesy musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac

'Diovadiova Chrome Kitty Cash I'
Kip Omolade

Image courtesy Kip Omolade

Head
Unknown Ife Artist, Nigeria

Image courtesy British Museum

'Hold It In Your Mouth A Little Longer'
Toyin Ojih Odutola, 2013

Image courtesy Jack Shainman Gallery

Overskirt
Unknown Kuba Artist, DR Congo

Image courtesy The Baltimore Museum of Art

'Alàfo Riri (Fétiche à Clous)'
Dimitri Fagbohoun, 2015

Image courtesy Officine dell'Immagine

Mangaaka Power Figure
Unknown Yombe Artist, Angola

Image courtesy The Metropolitan Museum of Art

'The Black American in Search of His Identity'
Romare Bearden, 1969

Iyoba Queen Mother Pendant Mask
Unknown Edo Artist, Nigeria

Image courtesy The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Wole Lagunju

Image courtesy La Galerie Africaine

Gélédé Headdress
Unknown Yoruba Artist, Nigeria

Image courtesy Sotheby's 'African and Oceanic Art', 11 June 2008

'Land of Ibeji'
Benedicte Kurzen & Sanne De Wilde, 2018

Ere Ibeji Twin Figures
Bogunjoko of Ila-Orangun, Nigeria

Image courtesy Sotheby's 'The Robert and Angelique Noortman Collection', 17 December 2007

'Monsters and Saints'
Fahamu Pecou, 2019

Image courtesy Kopeikin Gallery

Adenla King’s Crown
Unknown Yoruba Artist, Nigeria

Image courtesy Fowler Museum

'Mask'
Adam Fuss, 2004

Image courtesy Lebreton

Lukwakongo Ancestor Ornament
Unknown Lega Artist, DR Congo

Image courtesy Christie's 'Arts d'Afrique d'Océanie et d'Amérique', 30 October 2018

' mk-min-compressed_conjoined'
Matthew Angelo Harrison, 2017

Image courtesy Jessica Silverman Gallery

Muti Wa Lipito Helmet Mask
Unknown Makonde Artist, Tanzania

Image courtesy Sotheby's 'Collection Marceau Rivière', 18 June 2019

'1978.412.367'
Brendan Fernandes, 2010

Image courtesy moniquemeloche

N'tomo Mask
Unknown Bamana Artist, Mali

Image courtesy Christie's 'Laprugne Collection', 04 April 2017

'Notes from Tervuren'
Radcliffe Bailey, 2013

Image courtesy Bridgette Mayer Gallery

Eyema Bieri Reliquary Figure
Unknown Fang Artist, Gabon

Image courtesy Christie's 'Art from Africa and Oceania', 03 December 2015

'Untitled'
David Hammons, 2017

Image courtesy Phillips 'Art for One Drop', 21 September 2018

Ko Gué Mask
Unknown Dan Artist, Ivory Coast

Image courtesy musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac

'Acculturation'
Steven Bandoma, 2011

Image courtesy Harn Museum of Art

Nkisi N'kondi Power Figure
Unknown Yombe Artist, DR Congo

Image courtesy Sotheby's 'African, Oceanic, and Pre-Columbian Art', 07 May 2016

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