Mutu creates collages with magazine images, painted surfaces and other materials to show the identity crisis many women experience under societal pressure. Her work shows the extent to which females wear (whether consciously or not) the desires of their culture on their bodies through everything from piercings to body weight.
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Basquiat got his start as a member of a well-known graffiti group that wrote enigmatic epigrams on the Lower East Side of Manhattan during the street art movement. Eventually his paintings showing neo-expressionism and primitivism were displayed in galleries and museums around the world.
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El Salahi has been such a prolific artist that he has already created his own art history story. His paintings and drawing are incredibly serene and he is considered by many as the godfather of African modernism.
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Even though Sy is technically a fashion designer, her pieces count as artwork because they are so elaborate and dramatic. Founder of the Dakar Carnival, she is known for elaborate headdresses and bold colors.
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Douglas works mainly in the steel medium and takes inspiration from her Kalabari heritage. She was honored as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire and was awarded a bursary from the Henry Moore Foundation.
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Born Feb. 29, 1892, Savage did a lot of work for African-American women’s recognition in the art world. She was one of a select few female artists chosen in 1923 to do a summer program at Fontainebleau in France for her outstanding sculptures, but was refused by the French because of her race. She was central in a large scandal between the French government and the American art community.
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Walker’s trademark pieces are paper silhouettes depicting issues of race, gender, sexuality and power. She portrays slave life in her work and usually makes life-size cut-outs that are very powerful.
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Dilomprizulike is known for creating sculptures and performance pieces that add a post-modern awareness to otherwise long-standing traditions from African masquerade. He is known for recycling trash and even living in it as a way of making us question what we take for granted.
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Konate has achieved several prestigious awards and served as the director of the Palais de la Culture. He expresses many of his political, social and environmental views through several media in large installation work.
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Rose is a well-known feminist artist whose performance art seems to have no narrative, but portrays her chaotic feelings about sexual politics and identity.
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