Sher-Gil engages with the artists Gauguin and van Gogh in her complicated self-portrait.
postcolonial modernisms
This painting depicts the moment when the Ethiopian army defeated Italian aggressors, defending itself against colonization
Battle of Adwa
Turkish Princess and artist Fahrelnissa Zeid is best known for her large-scale abstract compositions blending Byzantine, Islamic and Western influences.
Fahrelnissa Zeid – ‘She Was the East ...
Often considered El-Salahi's masterpiece, 'The Inevitable' was first conceived by the artist during his wrongful imprisonment.
Ibrahim El-Salahi, The Inevitable
Artist Ibrahim El-Salahi discusses his work 'Reborn Sounds of Childhood Dreams 1' 1962-3, a large-scale oil painting acquired by Tate.
Ibrahim El-Salahi , Reborn Sounds of Childhood ...
![Seydou Keïta, Untitled [Seated Woman with Chevron Print Dress], 1956, printed 1997, Mali, Bamako, gelatin silver print, 60.96 x 50.8 cm (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)](https://smarthistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/screen-shot-2016-10-15-at-8-42-48-am-524x350.png)
Studio photography produced mementos for the growing middle class: Keïta’s Bamako studio was abuzz with clients.
Seydou Keïta, Untitled (Seated Woman with Chevron ...
Contemporary artist Mickalene Thomas discusses the use of grayscale and pattern to imbue the richness of humanity in Seydou Keïta's portraits of Malian life
Mickalene Thomas on Seydou Keïta
Boghossian’s exposure to Pan-Africanist networks in Paris helped him to develop the concept of his painting Night Flight of Dread and Delight.
Skunder Boghossian, Night Flight of Dread and ...
How would you paint a picture of something that’s not quite representable… like the sound of voices chanting, a spiritual vision, a childhood memory, or a dream that you can’t remember?
Ibrahim El-Salahi, Reborn Sounds of Childhood Dreams
Okeke learned uli, an Igbo female painting tradition, from his mother, and infused it with a modern sensibility.
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