This is an abstract and innovative representation of a strong lady through African tribal art. The red attire of the woman represents life, health, bravery, love, romance and passion. the woman here is passionate, aggressive, energetic, strong willed and outspoken. The yellow background shows that she is delighted and happy. Yellow represents the fire in her, the force of life, her ability to destroy or even her ability to create. Women, in form of goddess, are blessings to the good, curse to the devils.
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Many casual observers tend to generaliseTraditional African Art. The continent is actually full of multitudes of people, societies, and civilisations, each with a unique visual culture. Despite this incredible diversity, there do seem to be some unifying artistic themes when considering the aggregate of visual culture from the continent of Africa. Most African artworks are wood sculptures, probably because wood is a very widespread material. Many forms of African art are characterised by their visual abstraction, or devoid of representational accuracy. Because of colonialism and slavery, African art found its way around the world. First presented as curiosities of savage cultures, objects such as masks and sculptures influenced European artists who were looking for a something new that does not rely on realism.
African Tribal Ladies by Irina Rumyantseva– Manchester, UK.
The characteristics of African tribal art-
A.Formal Innovation – Unlike “Western” societies, where artworks tend to be produced according to strict canons of representation, many African societies encourage innovation and creativity of both style and form among their artists.
B.Visual Abstraction – African artworks tend to favour visual abstraction over naturalistic representation. This is because many African artworks, regardless of medium, tend to represent objects or ideas rather than depict them. African artists interpret human or animal forms creatively through innovative form and composition.
Lamidi Olonade Fakeye, Nigeria-1925
(Know about Fakeye in the About artists section in the menu of my site.)
C. Multiplicity of Meaning – African art tends to carry a multiplicity of meaning, a fact that can be very confusing to many Western observers. Those searching for a specific description of the meaning of a piece of African art will soon be endlessly confused by the multitude of uses, meanings, and social contexts that can be contained in a single artwork.
D.The 5 Elements of African art are used to describe the aesthetics- 1) Resemblance to a human figure for purpose of conveying ideas. 2) Luminosity representing shiny and unflawed skin. 3) Youthfulness representing vitality and fertility. 4) Reserved demeanor representing a person in control 5) Balance and proportion through material choices.
E. Elongated necks, enlarged heads and arms, pointed breasts etc., are often found in african art. These are notable dynamic forms representing vitality, power, and boldnessof humanity.
African Wood Sculpture.
In modern times, tribal art is difficult to qualify as such because while a contemporary African artist may acknowledge his tribal roots and pay allegiance to it, very frequently they may no longer live in an isolated, self-directed community situation but rather has become part of modern day society, frequently living either abroad or in urban societies. So, contemporary African artists often use aesthetic form for globalisation of their culture. Their art, still involving traditional skills, tribal culture and beliefs into their work.
Africa Tribal Lady by Sakshi Baranwal– Modern African Tribal Art.
Check out African Tribal Painting done by me in the “MYWORKS” section of my blog
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