African artists
Makers from Africa
African artists are creators of visual art, music, literature, dance, or other artistic works who come from or identify with the African continent.
The term encompasses an enormous diversity of traditions, from ancient Egyptian sculpture to contemporary Nigerian painters to South African jazz musicians.
The exhibition featured African artists working in both traditional and modern media.
In art world contexts, the phrase sometimes signals work that engages with African identity, heritage, or aesthetics, regardless of where the artist currently lives or works.
- AfrofuturismAfrican diaspora speculative movement
- colonial historyRecord of empire-building
- paintingPigment on canvas
- beadworkStrung ornament craft
- sculptureShaped three-dimensional art
tribal patterns · ceramics · folklore · ancestor worship · photography · oral traditions · call and response · storytelling · Pan-Africanism · graffiti · mixed media · gender equality · environmental activism · shea butter · kente cloth · Nollywood · resistance movements