Contemporary Art in and Out of Africa Diasporic

Contemporary Art in and Out of Africa: Diasporic Resonance: ambivalence and parody

1. Formal Category 2. Informal Category: (Workshops; a new internationalism –souvenir art) 3. African Art on the Global Stage 4. Diaspora Dimension: Ambivalence and Parody

Aina Onabolu, Barrister Oil on canvas 1920 s

Ben Enwonwu, Agbogho Mmuo, Oil on canvas, 1978 Student of Kenneth Murray Encouraged to reflect visible experiences from their African environment; Negritude and Pan Africanism

Ben Enwonwu, Statue of Queen Elizabeth 11 Bronze

The Zaria School

Demas Nwoko, Figure, Terracotta, 1967 -8 Influenced by the stylistic elements of Nok

Informal Category Roadside Art and a new Internationalism

Unknown artist, Barber’s Sign—(Salon) shop display, enamel paints on wood

Cheri Samba, Why have I signed a contract? , acrylic on canvas, 1990

Kane Kwei, Mercedes-Benz shaped coffin, enamel paint on wood, 1989

Kane Kwei, Cocoa-pod shaped coffin, enamel paints on wood, 1970

Kane Kwei, Hen-shaped coffin, wood and enamel paint, 1989

On the Global Stage

Vote for Peace, Vote ANC, detail, 1994

Yinka Shonibare, Scramble for Africa, installation 14 chairs, 14 tables Wax prints, 2000

Yinka Shonibare detail

Leonardo da Vinci, Last Supper, 1498, tempera and oil on plaster (Santa Maria della Grazie, Milan)

Yinka Shonibare, The Last Supper (after Leonardo) mixed media, 2013

Chris Ofili, The Holy Virgin Mary, Acrylic, resin, oil paper collage, Elephant dung on linen, 1996 Imagery of Mary the mother of Jesus; asexualized imagery of Aunt Jemimathe Black Mammy stereotype, domestic/wet nurse

Ritual of Imori (Knowing/discerning Destiny), Ijebu-Yoruba, Nigeria Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Sonponna, photograph

Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Soponna, Black and white silver gelatin With hand tinting, 1987

Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Golden Phallus, Color Photograph, 1989

El Anatsui, Searching for Connections (Tsia ) bottle tops, printing plates, Aluminium and Copper wire, 2013

Diaspora Dimension

Leonardo da Vinci, Last Supper, 1498, tempera and oil on plaster (Santa Maria della Grazie, Milan)

Dean Simon, Mandela surrounded by Peacemakers around the World, black & white painting 2013

Renee Cox, Yo Mama Last Supper, C-Print Photograph, 1999

Edouard Manet, "The Luncheon on the Grass“, oil on canvas, 1862/1863

Renee Cox, Cousins at pussy pond, 2001

Edouard Manet, Olympia, oil on canvas, 1863

Renee Cox, Olympia’s Boyz, Digital c-print, 2001

Pablo Picasso, Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, oil on canvas, 1907

Faith Ringgold, Picasso’s Studio, Acrylic on canvas And tie-dye fabric, 1991

Ike Ude, Cover Girl Series, Photo Text, 1994 -5

Ike Ude, Cover Girl, Installation view, Exit Art 1994 -5

Jacques-Louis David, Oath of the Horatii, oil on canvas, 1784 -5

Jacques-Louis David's painting Bonaparte Crossing the Alps at Grand-Saint-Bernard Oil on canvas, 1801 -1805

Kehinde Wiley, Napoleon Leading the Army over the Alps, oil on canvas, 2005

Peter Paul Rubens, King Philips II of Spain Oil on canvas, 1628

Kehinde Wiley, Portrait of Michael Jackson, oil on canvas, 2009

Jasper Johns, Flag , (wax encaustic on canvas) 1962

Faith Ringgold, Flag is Bleeding, oil on canvas, 1967

Faith Ringgold, Flag for the Moon: Die N…, o/c 1969

Kara Walker, The End of Uncle Tom, and the Grand Allegorical Tableau of Eva in Heaven, cut out paper and adhesive on wall, 1995

Kara Walker—a subtlety or the marvelous Sugar Baby