Search: 84 results found for "African Diaspora art"

Pen-and-ink drawing of a rhinoceros suspended in the air by about twenty thin threads, each held by a tiny winged insect, on a pale coffee-stained background.

Curator's Note

About twenty insects, each on its own thread, lift a rhinoceros that seems entirely at peace with the arrangement. Anth Ezeokoye's pen draw…

Igbo

Teamwork

Yr. 2020

Anthony EzeokoyeAnthony E.

From$55· Studio Edition· Stu. Ed.

Illustration on green of a round mask face with a red fringe, two red buns, heavy-lidded blue eyes, tongue out, blue comb-shaped earrings and a red bead loop; letter S and small copies in corners.

STU. 60/60

Curator's Note

The cheekiest of KeO's named cards: lashes lowered, tongue out, and a pair of combs hung at her ears as earrings. He takes the humblest too…

Yoruba

Shindara

Oluwatobiloba Emmanuel KomaiyaOluwatobiloba E. K.

From$55· Studio Edition· Stu. Ed.

Geometric illustration of a heart made of overlapping crystal shards in yellow, orange, blue and pink, outlined by translucent facets, on a deep purple background.

LTD. 15/15

Curator's Note

Look twice: what reads as a single heart is two, conjoined, cut from brilliant crystal shards. Anth Ezeokoye makes the join almost invisibl…

Igbo

Stronger Together

Yr. 2021

Anthony EzeokoyeAnthony E.

3.25 (4)

From$450· Limited Edition· Ltd. Ed.

Black-and-white illustration seen from above: flowing parallel lines, a round white platform with an oval pool, two people in swimwear walking, small figures and birds below, all with long shadows.

STU. 20/20

Curator's Note

Seen from far above, a few tiny people cross a field of flowing black lines towards a pool on a raised white disc. Each trails a long shado…

Yoruba

Drank Pool

Samuel OladimejiSamuel O.

From$55· Studio Edition· Stu. Ed.

Painted portrait of a woman whose face is made of violet, yellow, pink and blue colour blocks, wearing a green and gold headwrap with black symbols and a white dotted collar, on grey.

STU. 20/20

Curator's Note

Àríké carries the name her family chose: meant to be spoiled on sight. Funmilayo Tejumola paints her as a young woman preparing for marriag…

Yoruba

Arike

Yr. 2022

Funmilayo Todimu TejumolaFunmilayo T. T.

From$55· Studio Edition· Stu. Ed.

Black and yellow illustration of the Civic Centre, Lagos, with angular spiked roof fins and a lattice dome, cars sketched in yellow outline on a curving road below.

STU. 60/60

Curator's Note

A building made of angles, drawn so that it seems to move while standing still. Anth Ezeokoye catches the Civic Centre from the road, with …

Yoruba

Civic Centre, Lagos

Anthony EzeokoyeAnthony E.

From$55· Studio Edition· Stu. Ed.

Square black-and-white illustration of two mirrored profiles facing outward, heavy brows and hatched marks under the eyes, large roundels above and a black diamond at the centre.

STU. 20/20

Curator's Note

Janus 2 moves in close: two heavy-browed profiles fill the square, a hatched teardrop beneath each eye, a black diamond hanging where they …

Hausa

Janus 2

Ibrahim Buhari GamboIbrahim B. G.

From$45· Studio Edition· Stu. Ed.

Painting of three musicians on purple: one in a green robe and turban with a gourd lute, one in a blue robe with a fiddle and bow, one in a red cap and black-and-gold top playing a flute.

STU. 60/60

Curator's Note

Where ethnic sentiment is used to divide, Clement Obioha paints Nigeria's three largest peoples as one band: three instruments, three voice…

Igbo

Unity

Yr. 2018

Chibuike Clement ObiohaChibuike C. O.

From$55· Studio Edition· Stu. Ed.

Caricature of the Nigerian rapper Phyno with a full beard, purple hoodie and cap, hands clasped, glancing to the side.

STU. 60/60

Curator's Note

An homage to the rapper who made Igbo sound like the obvious choice. Clement Obioha exaggerates the beard and the bulk and leaves the side-…

Igbo

Phyno

Chibuike Clement ObiohaChibuike C. O.

From$55· Studio Edition· Stu. Ed.

Abstract geometric pattern on a white ground: a rectangular grid of squares filled with circles, rings, triangles and quarter-circles in sky blue, navy, red, yellow and black.

STU. 60/60

Curator's Note

Look long enough and the noise resolves into order: the whole field is built to read the same upside down. Anth Ezeokoye's training as an a…

Igbo

Chill Vibes

Anthony EzeokoyeAnthony E.

From$55· Studio Edition· Stu. Ed.

Illustration of five tall candles with dripping wax, their flames glowing, set at different heights against a gradient from yellow to deep orange.

LTD. 15/15

Curator's Note

No candle ever loses its light by lighting others. Anth Ezeokoye gives that saying fiery colour, so the light seems to burn from inside the…

Igbo

Light Others

Anthony EzeokoyeAnthony E.

From$450· Limited Edition· Ltd. Ed.

Black and yellow illustration of Makoko, Lagos: a stilt house over water, a man poling a canoe, children in a second canoe, a long bridge on the horizon and a yellow sun with a pale ring.

STU. 60/60

Curator's Note

Most people see Makoko from the bridge. Anth Ezeokoye brings us down to the water, where a man poles his canoe and children ride beside him…

Yoruba

Makoko, Lagos

Anthony EzeokoyeAnthony E.

From$55· Studio Edition· Stu. Ed.

Find a work, an artist, a tradition

Teamwork

Shindara

Stronger Together

Drank Pool

Arike

Civic Centre, Lagos

Janus 2

Unity

Phyno

Chill Vibes

Light Others

Makoko, Lagos