Search: 84 results found for "african diaspora art"

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.

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.

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.

Digital portrait of a young Black girl with a full afro and a small gold crown, blue eyes, surrounded by red, pink and violet fish in turquoise water.

STU. 20/20

Curator's Note

A fairy tale rewritten by someone it left out. Emmanuel's mermaid has an afro, a crown and an ocean that answers to her. For some children …

Undeclared

Black Mermaid

Yr. 2021

Emmanuel AbakahEmmanuel A.

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.

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.

Dense black-and-white illustration of a large face with closed eyes, a hand holding a small vessel, a serpent with a face, a many-faced figure, and women dancing, drumming and carrying below.

STU. 59/60

Curator's Note

The most crowded of Yeko's pictures, and the most devotional. There is a great face with closed eyes, a hand lifting a small vessel, women …

Ugandan

Offerings

Marjory Yeko JewittMarjory Y. J.

From$55· Studio Edition· Stu. 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.

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.

STU. 60/60

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.

Square black-and-white pattern drawing of a central five-petal flower with curling banded petals, surrounded by dense leaves, scrolls, hatching and straight radiating lines.

STU. 20/20

Curator's Note

Start at the white star in the centre and follow one petal outward. Ibrahim packs leaves, scrolls and hatching so densely that every return…

Hausa

Zen Flower

Ibrahim Buhari GamboIbrahim B. G.

From$45· Studio Edition· Stu. Ed.

Digital fashion illustration of a woman with pale curled hair, hands on her hips, in a chartreuse dress with a white collar; face and arms left as pencil sketch on dark grey.

STU. 59/60

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Curator's Note

Some women do not wait to be noticed. Ekundayo leaves her body as pencil and paints only the chartreuse dress, and her carriage does the re…

Yoruba

80's Vibe

Yr. 2022

Adeyemo EkundayoAdeyemo E.

From$55· Studio Edition· Stu. Ed.

Black-and-yellow illustration of a crowd walking toward the Lekki toll gate in Lagos, under a billboard reading #EndPoliceBrutality with raised fists, a yellow sun overhead.

STU. 60/60

Curator's Note

Of all the Made in Lagos scenes, this one carries the most weight. Anth Ezeokoye honours the Lekki toll gate during EndSARS as a moment of …

Yoruba

Lekki Tollgate, Lagos

Anthony EzeokoyeAnthony E.

From$55· Studio Edition· Stu. Ed.

Illustration of a hunched young man in a dark hoodie hugging himself, head bowed and trailing dark smoke with embers, as many hands reach toward him from a red sky; pale gold light at right.

STU. 19/20

Curator's Note

Precious Emeka Anih paints pressure from every side: a young man doubled over as hands reach in from a burning sky, his creative fire burni…

Igbo

Psalm 12

Precious Emeka AnihPrecious E. A.

From$55· Studio Edition· Stu. Ed.

Find a work, an artist, a tradition

Janus 2

Makoko, Lagos

Black Mermaid

Chill Vibes

Stronger Together

Offerings

Drank Pool

Teamwork

Zen Flower

80's Vibe

Lekki Tollgate, Lagos

Psalm 12