Archive for the 'African Artist' Category

Dawn Okoro
October 22, 2009

I am excited, lately I am not easily excited, I found an artist with prints for sale, for sale within my price range, okay, one downside, they are a bit smaller than I would like, I digress.

Dawn Okoro paints sisters, real sisters and other people too, her images evoke heat, maybe it is the intensity [...]

Ozwald Boateng- The Bespoke Couturier
October 22, 2009

Many moons ago I was at a night spot, I spotted a tall extremely elegant well dressed young man, some of his male company did not look that bad either,  I later found out that said gentleman was Ozwald Boateng (OBE).
His suits are so fly, some loud with bright eccentric colours, in some cases only the lining is bright, [...]

Takashi Murakami – Graduated
September 16, 2007

 
I love Kanye’s new album, the art work is wonderful…..okay so are the tracks.
Takashi designed the cover and all the inserts, I had come across his work before, all those happy smiling flowers, just never got the chance to post, not that I have posted anything for a while.
Tokyo born and educated, sculptor and pop artist (he [...]

Mickalene Thomas- Media Mixtress
June 20, 2007

Never Change Lovers in the Middle of the Night 2006 
I have seriously been considering whether I want other art forms on my blog and I decided I can do what the hell I like….. its not like I have a regular fan base to offend! So in the future I will post about anything creative [...]

Onyemaobinna Offoedu-Okeke – Enough Said
February 14, 2007

 
Yellow Kente Head Scarf (Please click to see full image I have tried to resize to no avail)
I am back from my hot Valentine’s date which ended abrubtly at the start of the second half of Arsenal vs Bolton. 
A while back I came across this image by accident, used to promote Art Expo Nigeria 2003, it took [...]

Contemporary African Art Collection
January 27, 2007

It is cold outside, so instead of getting off my butt and doing the weekly shop, I sent my unwilling partner to get some bread the staple of any healthy diet, well the other option was to help me clear out a bedroom which currently looks like a store, faced with those options, the shop [...]

Seydou Keita The Best Start
January 21, 2007

… will be one of my favorite artist none other than self taught African photographer Seydou Keita,

firstly because photography is largely seen as a puruit of the western world, we are always bombarded with images of poverty and under development, one aspect of Africa which is often reproduced by white photographers. Africa’s rich culture and the love for displays [...]