African Art HIstory Midterm 1

Aida Muluneh, The 99 Series, Part One: Inferno, Cibachrome print, 2013

Aina Onabolu (Nigeria, 1882-1963) Portrait of a Man, oil on canvas, 1954

Josy Ajiboye, Ooni (King) oil on canvas, 1982

Ife Kingdom (Yoruba), Ooni, (King) copper alloy, 14th C

Fakua Arts, Barbershop Sign, enamel on board, 2010

Kane Kwei, Cocoa Pod Coffin, wood and pigments, 1970

Wangechi Mutu, Riding Death in My Sleep, ink and collage, 2002

Lalla Essaydi, Harem #36, Chromogenic Print, 2012.

FESTAC ‘77 National Theater Complex, Lagos.
Architecture, 1976

Gurunsi People, Orange Painted Earthen Houses with Thatched Roofs, architecture, 20th century

Bodys Isek Kingelez, Ville Fantome, architecture model, 1995.

Bacary Dieme, Water Carrier, oil on canvas, 1970

Ben Enwonwu, Negritude, oil on canvas, 1977

Wosene Kosrof, Root of Words III, acrylic on canvas, 2012.

Ibrahim El-Salahi (Sudan, b. 1934), The Mosque, oil on canvas, 1964.

Papa Ibra Tall, (Sower of Stars), tapestry, early 1970s

Iba Ndiaye, Juan de Pareja Menace par les Chiens, oil on canvas, 1986.

Uche Okeke, Ana Mmuo (Land of the Dead), oil on canvas, 1961

Liz Willis, Entrance to the compound of Igbo Uli artist Mgbadunwa Okanumme, photograph, 1986.

Obiora Udechukwu, Enter the Chameleon, linocut print, 1986

Courtney-Clarke, Nwuna of Nri painting an Uli mural, photograph, 1988

Keitas work depicts his subject as they want to be seen. They are significant as during this time as mali was leaving a period of colonization from france. He mixed european works with trditional african prints.

Seydou Keïta, Untitled (Seated Woman with Chevron Print Dress)".  1950s

The carved wooden figures in the image are Yoruba sculptures created by the Nigerian artist Lamidi Olonade Fakeye (1928-2009

Yoruba peoples, Devotee of Osun. Photogaph, 20th C.

Leonardo da Vinci, Mona Lisa, ca 1503-15

Ben Enwonwu, Anyanwu, bronze, 1956