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

3 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

4 Aina Onabolu, Barrister Oil on canvas 1920s

5 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

6 Ben Enwonwu, Statue of Queen Elizabeth 11 Bronze

7 The Zaria School

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

9 Informal Category Roadside Art and a new Internationalism

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

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

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

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

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

15 On the Global Stage

16 Vote for Peace, Vote ANC, detail, 1994

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

18 Yinka Shonibare detail

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

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

21 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 Jemima- the Black Mammy stereotype, domestic/wet nurse

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

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

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

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

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28 Diaspora Dimension

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

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

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

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

33 Renee Cox, Cousins at pussy pond, 2001

34 Edouard Manet, Olympia, oil on canvas, 1863

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

49 Kara Walker—a subtlety or the marvelous Sugar Baby


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