Art From Another Culture: Africa

Art from Another Culture: Africa There are multiple cultures in the world. Within these cultures there are traditions like dance, food, music. Another one is art. Art is such a powerful part in cultures. Africa has art that is so elegant, structured, and complexed. Even today's modern African art is still so complexed and traditional. These ideas come from artists who take traditional ideals in African art and make a new movement of african art. Like, Gilbert “Bobbo” Ahiagle and El Anatsui. There are also many books, articles, galleries and museums that have evaluated african art and have depicted the the art culture and have analyzed it critically. The Smithsonian Museum of African Arts have exactly done this and has made african art a whole new movement, not just showing sculptures and a paintings but doing so much more. There is also one piece of african art called “19th Century Kid (Queen Victoria)” by Yinka Shonibre that has a story behind it and how it was made that is so intriguing. But amazing art does not start without artists who have created such amazing piece of work. In African art there are many artists. For example, Pepe Abela, Okon Akpan Abuje, Tayo Adenaike, and many more. One african artists that is really well known is Gilber “Boobo” Ahiagble. Ahiagble is from the Ewe Ethic Group and as he grew up his family was master weavers. These weaves were
What artists can do has amazed throughout this entire process. First, I learned about two amazing artist, Gilbert “Bobbo” Ahigable, a kente cloth weaver who combined his passion for teaching and weaving and became a weaving teacher, then El Anatsui, an innovative scupturist. Second, I looked at The Smithsonian Museum of African Art and saw how they depicted African art through history. Finally, I concentrated on one piece of art, “19th Century Kid (Queen Victoria)”, that was very stunning. African Art is not just for one culture but for