Date: 2009
Size: 95cm x 64cm x 5cm
Material: Digital Photography on Canvas
Artist: African Artists & Co.
Designer: Joe Pollitt
Signed and framed by the designer.
Location: UK Private Collection
Description:
The African Artist Series is a collection of collages, which celebrate the works being produced by the artists of Africa. The concept behind the exhibition is to lull the audience into a false sense of security by choosing iconic black figures, accepted by the general public as people of excellence and those that have shaped our present. These well-known figures are made up of the less familiar black artists from Africa. Presently, some of these artists are being sadly overlooked. I wanted to bring these artists to the attention of the general public in the most commercial way possible. I believe that Muhammed (Mohammed) Ali is truly "The Greatest Man of the 20th Century" - He has given so much, to so many, that his importance is almost unmeasurable. We all must aim to be as strong, sincere and resolute as this handsome leader has been. This is the first in a series but by far the most important figure in our present day history.
The collage of Muhammed (Mohammed) Ali is made up of images of established and emerging artists from Africa.
The artists include:
Colleen Madamombe
Alex de Silva
George Afedzi Hughes
Ingrid Mwangi
Baker Ben Fredj
Eria Sane Nsubuga
Mona Douf
Soly Cisse
Ouattara Watts
Fernand Nonkouni
Suzanne Ouedraogo
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