CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN ART (jul 18, 1998 – sep 30, 2006)
Description:
EL ANATSUI
- celebrates African tradition of weaving
- used unusual materials sewn together with wire
- creates a textile that naturally drapes
SHONIBARE
- story of a man who never ages until he looks in the mirror
- metaphor of one's image and how we see ourselves
- comments on European claiming parts of Africa
MUTU
- Explores the contradictions of female and cultural history
- Draws from craft and science fiction
- Comments on endangered cultural history
- Figures are attractive and repulsive
- Horrific collages
- Exaugurated figures appropriated from magazines
- Look ancient and futuristic
- Used old medical diagrams
- Alien culture inclusive of cultural differences
- Brings depth into her collages
- Taken from fashion and nature magazines
Added to timeline:
120JAV
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