User:Czar/drafts/African art

Introduction

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  • scope, background

Western approach

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  • academic study, Western aesthetic use, colonialism, historiography

Production

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Imagery

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Forms

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Materials

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Regions

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  • + diaspora?

Contemporary

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As of 2016, 80 percent of African art collectors are based in the United States and United Kingdom, and works have seen tenfold value increases. Works of contemporary artists Julie Mehretu, El Anatsui, and Irma Stern have sold for millions of dollars.[1]

Collections

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  • museums, libraries, collectors, market, shows, exhibitions, forgery

Notes

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  1. ^ Gbadamosi, Nosmot (October 14, 2016). "Your next art purchase will come from Africa". CNN. Archived from the original on January 2, 2017. Retrieved January 2, 2017.

References

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