User:Czar/drafts/African art

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Introduction

  • scope, background

Western approach

  • academic study, Western aesthetic use, colonialism, historiography

Production

Imagery

Forms

Materials

Regions

  • + diaspora?

Contemporary

As of 2016, 80 percent of African art collectors are based in the United States and United Kingdom, and works have seen tenfold value increases. Works of contemporary artists Julie Mehretu, El Anatsui, and Irma Stern have sold for millions of dollars.[1]

Collections

  • museums, libraries, collectors, market, shows, exhibitions, forgery

Notes

  1. ^ Gbadamosi, Nosmot (October 14, 2016). "Your next art purchase will come from Africa". CNN. Archived from the original on January 2, 2017. Retrieved January 2, 2017.

References