Search: 84 results found for "african diaspora art"

Black ink line drawing of a tall woman in a headwrap and long garment holding a staff, walking through water patterned with circles, with mountains, a field of crops, a wavy sky and a round moon.

Curator's Note

Yeko calls it a spiritual journey of self discovery and growth. Her tall, unhurried woman walks through water drawn as a field of circles. …

Ugandan

River Journey

Marjory Yeko JewittMarjory Y. J.

From$450· Limited Edition· Ltd. Ed.

Bold black calligraphy reading 'Dear God when I forget remind me that I am Loved' on white, with 'Loved' largest, framed by green leaves and orange tropical flowers, and a small red heart.

STU. 20/20

Curator's Note

Watch the last word swell until it nearly fills the page. Loved is a prayer for ordinary days, when the noise gets in. Anth Ezeokoye letter…

Undeclared

Loved

Yr. 2022

Anthony EzeokoyeAnthony E.

From$55· Studio Edition· Stu. Ed.

Painting of two young men leaning their heads together, one in a red shirt and brown jacket, one in a yellow shirt and black jacket, face markings, before an orange-and-black patterned wall.

STU. 20/20

Curator's Note

Two young men lean their heads together until they almost touch. Divine Momoh marks each face differently, a zigzag and spiral on one, a lo…

Yoruba

My Brother

Divine MomohDivine M.

From$55· Studio Edition· Stu. Ed.

Black-and-white illustration of a pregnant woman with eyes closed, one arm raised to balance a tall patterned vessel on her head, large flowers and a small bird beside her, on a black ground.

STU. 60/60

Curator's Note

Yeko calls her son her Sun, and this is a picture of carrying one. A pregnant woman balances a tall patterned vessel on her head, eyes clos…

Ugandan

Under My Sun

Marjory Yeko JewittMarjory Y. J.

From$55· Studio Edition· Stu. Ed.

Line illustration of an abstracted face on yellow: one closed blue eye, one open purple eye, a third eye on the brow, patterned blue fingers from the top and a purple triangle.

STU. 20/20

Curator's Note

Count the eyes: one closed, one open, one at the brow with a spiral for a pupil. Godwin removes the name from the face on purpose, so what …

Undeclared

Nameless 001

Yr. 2021

Godwin Edet MunamGodwin E. M.

From$55· Studio Edition· Stu. Ed.

White calligraphy on black of the Serenity Prayer, opening 'Dear God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change', framed by tropical leaves and flowers.

STU. 20/20

Curator's Note

Courage in the letterforms, serenity in the leaves, wisdom in the balance between them. Anth Ezeokoye sets Niebuhr's prayer in bold white o…

Undeclared

Serenity

Yr. 2022

Anthony EzeokoyeAnthony E.

From$55· Studio Edition· Stu. Ed.

Bold black calligraphy reading 'Dear God let me be a blessing to others everyday of my life' on white, framed by watercolour-style green leaves and orange flowers, with a small crowned red heart.

STU. 20/20

Curator's Note

The prayer builds line by line to a single word, Life, lettered larger than everything above it. Grace asks for a life measured by what it …

Undeclared

Grace

Yr. 2022

Anthony EzeokoyeAnthony E.

From$55· Studio Edition· Stu. Ed.

Illustration of a serene blue face speckled with stars, eyes closed, a third eye and small meditating figure on the brow, planet and moon earrings, gold neck rings and hatched hair.

STU. 20/20

Curator's Note

The calm here has a source: between the closed eyes sits a tiny meditating figure, crowned by the third eye. Godwin gives the face a night …

Undeclared

Nameless 002

Yr. 2021

Godwin Edet MunamGodwin E. M.

From$55· Studio Edition· Stu. Ed.

Illustration of many hands in pale grey, brown and black reaching toward a central red hand, with a glowing lilac butterfly on its fingertip, over a red square on a grey ground.

STU. 20/20

Curator's Note

Pale, brown and near-black hands reach in from every side, and the butterfly settles on the fingertip of a hand painted red. Ezeh gives the…

Undeclared

We Are Different But Very Much The Same

Eze Divine FavourEze D. F.

From$45· Studio Edition· Stu. Ed.

Black-and-white ink illustration: block characters at top, the kanji 神 at left, a hand with contour-line skin sprouting leaves from waves, an eye below and a ribbon reading 'you go see shege'.

STU. 20/20

Curator's Note

Heiwa is Japanese for peace, and Ezeh crowns the drawing with heavy block characters above a hand rising out of swirling waves. Then a ribb…

Undeclared

Heiwa

Eze Divine FavourEze D. F.

From$45· Studio Edition· Stu. Ed.

Illustration of a figure in motion, head tilted back, arms raised and outstretched, split blue and dark red, holding small pink flowers in its mouth against a red field of script-like marks.

STU. 20/20

Curator's Note

The figure in Growth throws its head back and reaches out, split blue and red, and between its teeth it carries a few small flowers. Ezeh's…

Undeclared

Growth

Eze Divine FavourEze D. F.

From$45· Studio Edition· Stu. Ed.

Low-angle photograph of chess pieces on a rose and maroon board: a black pawn, a white pawn and a black rook in focus, blurred pieces in front, dark background.

STU. 20/20

Curator's Note

Fortune shoots from board level and lets the near pieces dissolve. Out of the blur stands one white pawn, flanked by a black pawn and a bla…

Igbo

The Meeting

Fortune EzeFortune E.

From$55· Studio Edition· Stu. Ed.

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River Journey

Loved

My Brother

Under My Sun

Nameless 001

Serenity

Grace

Nameless 002

We Are Different But Very Much The Same

Heiwa

Growth

The Meeting