The increasingly sophisticated and demanding customers of the art boutiques are more and more attracted to what can be called generically contemporary African art. These are handmade crafted objects from countries where labour is cheap, but very talented. The shock produced by African design is great, the same as the temptation of buying something exotic. Especially since prices are usually not big. The customers of a still early market gradually become known in the art field; many of them realize at a glance which items are genuine and which are fake.

The increasingly sophisticated and demanding customers of the art boutiques are more and more attracted to what can be called generically contemporary African art. These are handmade crafted objects from countries where labour is cheap, but very talented. The shock produced by African design is great, the same as the temptation of buying something exotic. Especially since prices are usually not big. The customers of a still early market gradually become known in the art field; many of them realize at a glance which items are genuine and which are fake. For African art may at some point and at some level even be a good investment.

 

In African art, the human figure is the overall representation of almost any being relevant to the tribe. The dead, the living, the dancers, the chiefs, the drummers, the gods, the spirits, all these states of aggregation of the being find their anthropomorphic representation in African design art. Representations of beings, though, are not strictly anthropomorphic. If we look at masks or totem statues, we observe an intermorphosis between man and animal, this melding of human and animal shapes being an expression of the communion of African population with nature.

 

For most artefacts belonging to African art, the human figure has been a primary source of inspiration and the interpretation of African human appearance was in its turn the inspiration for part of the European cultural expressions. During celebrations, initiations, crop harvesting, preparations for war, peace celebrations the masks are worn by a certain dancer, initiated or chosen specifically for this ceremony. A mask can be worn in three ways: vertically, covering the face, like a helmet, covering the entire head, or as on top of the head. African Masks usually represent a spirit and it is believed that the one who wears a mask becomes a representative of the ancestral spirit.

 

Ritual ceremonies generally depict deities, spirits of ancestors, mythological beings, either good or bad, dead animal spirits or other beings which Africans believe to influence humanity. Painting is rare in Africa, and when it occurs, it decorates the walls of huts or ritual rooms and has as a subject hunters, warriors, dancers, animals, etc. It is still unclear whether the rock paintings are contemporary African art or prehistoric, but the style in which they are executed seems to send us to the art of prehistoric people. African art is a unique genre creating a unique setting. With a range of colours suitable for any living space, African paintings can induce a great atmosphere, emotional yet simple. Whether you want a "journey" in Africa or simply want to bring safari to your home, the pictures will capture your living space with an aura of purity and unity with the environment. Whatever picture you pick, the result will be a delight for the senses, an exotic atmosphere.

 

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