Who is a good contemporary African artist?
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Any kind of contemporary artist (painter, sculpor, drawer, graphic artist, potter, ceramist, carver, weaver etc.) Would be great not to get only the artist's name also the country and maybe a link.
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Answer:
I would recommend consulting Contemporary African Art Since 1980, edited by Okwui Enwezor and Chika Okeke-Agulu. This is a seminal text not only for theory, but for its excellent illustrations and comprehensive checklist and bibliography. buy here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/8862080921/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=nabedany-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=8862080921 Selected artists include: Jane Alexander, mixed media/sculpture (South Africa) El Anatsui, mixed media/sculpture (Ghana) Skunder Boghossian, painting (Ethiopia) Candice Breitz, photography/collage (South Africa) Marlene Dumas, ceramics (South Africa) Samuel Fosso, photography (Cameroon) William Kentridge, prints, drawings, animation (South Africa) Marcia Kure, painting (Nigeria) Claudette Schreuders, sculpture (South Africa) Tracy Rose, performance art (South Africa) Cheri Samba, painting (DRC) Yinka Shonibare, mixed media/sculpture (Nigeria) Obiora Udechukwu, painting/drawing (Nigeria) Twins Seven-Seven, painting/printmaking (Nigeria)
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Other answers
Wangechi Muti is from Kenya. She's makes really great mixed media collages.
Kevin Buist
William Kentridge is a well respected artist from South Africa.
Steve Ruiz
The best Contemporary African artists can be found on http://www.AfricanColours.com
Anonymous
Kristen's list is great, I would just add: Zwelethu Methethwa (South Africa) Touhami Ennadre (Morocco) Assefa Gebrekidan (Ethiopia) Also, a great resource for information on Contemporary African Art is the NKA Journal:http://%20http://www.nkajournal.org/
Rebecca Taylor
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