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Item Ships From: Africa
Divinity (Radiant Innocence) - Contemporary Portrait of a Joyful Smiling Child
Located in Ibadan, NG
This captivating painting by Bukola Orioye, Radiant Innocence, is a bold celebration of joy, purity, and hope. What makes this piece truly unique is its ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Africa - Art
Materials
Gesso, Glue, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Shark & Seal
Located in Somerset West, WC
Shark and Seal is a limited edition bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Africa - Art
Materials
Bronze
"Love of Horses" Bronze and Marble Sculpture 16" x 7" in by Ibrahim Abd Elmalak
Located in Culver City, CA
"Love of Horses" Bronze and Marble Sculpture 16" x 7" in by Ibrahim Abd Elmalak
Love of Horses, 2000
Bronze & Marble (Double Face)
40 x 18 cm, Signed & Dated
Sculptures that mostl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Africa - Art
Materials
Marble, Bronze
"Debris I" Abstract Oil Painting 31.5" x 47" in (1983) by Zaccaria Zeini
Located in Culver City, CA
"Debris I" Abstract Oil Painting 31.5" x 47" in (1983) by Zaccaria Zeini
Medium: oil on celotex
Signed and dated
Comes in old original frame
Zaccaria El Zeini (1932 - 1993) was r...
Category
20th Century Abstract Africa - Art
Materials
Oil, Board
"Encounter" Mixed Media Wall Sculpture on wood 58" x 14" inch by Alfons Louis
By Alfons Louis
Located in Culver City, CA
"Encounter" Mixed Media Wall Sculpture on wood 58" x 14" inch by Alfons Louis
"Old Turk Walnut Wood with Bronze using Floral & Animal Elements of Coptic & Andalusian & Islamic Arts...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Africa - Art
Materials
Bronze, Iron
"Watermelon Vendor with Mules" Drawing 12" x 16" inch by Omar Abdel Zaher
Located in Culver City, CA
"Watermelon Vendor with Mules" Drawing 12" x 16" inch by Omar Abdel Zaher
Abdel Zaher is a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Helwan and has been painting for three decades and...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Africa - Art
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Contemplation Opus VII, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Theophile DELAINE
Located in Yardley, PA
Here is the seventh opus of the series "Contemplation". This is a large abstract painting, all in blue tone. It evokes a fluorescent waterfall flowing from a snowy mountain. In this ...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Africa - Art
Materials
Oil
Hope for the Future - Original Contemporary African Child Portrait
Located in Ibadan, NG
What Makes This Piece Unique or Special?
"Hope for the Future" is a captivating and deeply unique work that showcases Bukola Orioye's signature textured ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Art
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
"Graduation I" Bronze Sculpture 19.5" x 4" x 3" inch by Sarkis Tossonian
By Sarkis Tossonian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Graduation I" Bronze Sculpture 19.5" x 4" x 3" inch by Sarkis Tossonian
Sarkis Tossoonian was born in Alexandria in 1953. He graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts/Sculpture in ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Art
Materials
Bronze
"Fayoum Lake I" Landscape Painting 59" x 71" inch by Mohamed Abla
By Mohamed Abla
Located in Culver City, CA
"Fayoum Lake I" Landscape Painting 59" x 71" inch by Mohamed Abla
Signed by the Artist
Mohamed Abla was born in Mansoura (North of Egypt) in 1953. There he spent his childhood and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Sur la Terrace” Oil Painting 25.5" x 25.5" inch by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné
By Katherine Bakhoum-Tisné
Located in Culver City, CA
"Sur la Terrace” Oil Painting 25.5" x 25.5" inch by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné
Katherine Bakhoum represents art that has been forgotten for a long while. She draws upon the concept and the subject of the orientalism and the enchantment of that period. Through her work we can feel the researches she has done to reveal her Egyptian origins and the magic and power of the bygone times. Katherine Bakhoum has succeeded in imprinting her own stamp to evoke a new world full of charm, nostalgia and magic that is deeply implanted in her canvas. Her power dwells in creating her own style of contemporary expressionism building upon the old orientalism.
Katherine Bakhoum’s art comes up out of an Egyptian childhood and from the distance of a life spent in France. What is left unsaid is as important as what is shown. Decorative yes, as in old orientalism, when everything was texture and what wasn’t texture was veiled, a reincarnation of old spirits, dervishes, orientalist motifs and the stuff of a once powerful civilization, the better to suggest it all might just come to life again.
The choice of ancient subject matters, the echo of orientalist pieces in the collages, like the echo of the appeal of ancient gestures, of foreign lands, and domestic tapestries, all this weaves up out of Katherine Bakhoum’s creations. Sometimes we only have the line of a horizon on which to hang our imagination, sometimes we only have the trace of a profile in the shadows. What we always have is a persistent belief in beauty.
Where there is beauty, there is hope. Katherine Bakhoum has abandoned neither.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Claudine Legrand Gallery: Annual exhibitions from 1996 to 2016
Safar Khan Gallery, Cairo: Annual exhibitions from 1999 to 2018
Galerie la Sirène, Le Mans 2010
Galerie Ghislaine Eonnet-Dupuy, St Briac 2008 2009
Green art gallery Dubai 2009
Galerie La Medina, Tunis 2001
Italian Cultural Institute, Cairo 1999
Gallery Lézard d'Ailleurs 1998
Influence Gallery 1997
Bruno Delarue Gallery Etretat 1997
Jolymont workshops in Brussels 1996
Gallery Lézard d'Ailleurs St Rémy de Provence 1995
Etienne Causans Gallery 1995
Gallery Art 50 1994
Gallery Art 50 1993
Anne Vignial Gallery 1992
Galerie Escalier Rouge, Ouagadougou 2002
City of Arts, Florence Foundation 1992
Galerie Peinture Fraiche...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Kind Soul" (FRAMED) Painting 16" x 14" inch by Tasneem El-Meshad
By Tasneem El Meshad
Located in Culver City, CA
"Kind Soul" (FRAMED) Painting 16" x 14" inch by Tasneem El-Meshad
Medium: acrylic on wood
Academy of Fine Arts Cairo graduate Tasneem El Meshad describes her art, as “a reflection ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Africa - Art
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
"Family” Oil Painting 25.5" x 25.5" inch by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné
By Katherine Bakhoum-Tisné
Located in Culver City, CA
"Family” Oil Painting 25.5" x 25.5" inch by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné
Katherine Bakhoum represents art that has been forgotten for a long while. She draws upon the concept and the sub...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"El Moez Street" Abstract Painting 39" x 39" inch by Ahmed Dafrawy
By Ahmed Dafrawy
Located in Culver City, CA
"El Moez Street" Abstract Painting 39" x 39" inch by Ahmed Dafrawy
Dafrawy’s fine arts academic background started in 2014 when he received the certificate of drawing course comple...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Africa - Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"The Hunt" Figurative Painting 13" x 20.5" inch by Ahmed Saber
By Ahmed Saber
Located in Culver City, CA
"The Hunt" Figurative Painting 13" x 20.5" inch by Ahmed Saber
Medium: acrylic, ink & colored pencil on paper
AHMED SABER - BIO
Ahmed Saber is an Egyptian artist based in Luxor in ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Symbolist Africa - Art
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Color Pencil
"Abode II" Drawing 12" x 20" inch (1967) by El Hussein Fawzi
Located in Culver City, CA
"Abode II" Drawing 12" x 20" inch (1967) by El Hussein Fawzi
Signed and dated.
1967
EL HUSSEIN FAWZI: (1905-1999). Born in Helmia district, Cairo on 4 September 1905, El Hussein...
Category
20th Century Modern Africa - Art
Materials
Pastel, Cardboard
"Midnight Rider" Wall Sculpture 42" x 29" inch by Ibrahim Abd Elmalak
Located in Culver City, CA
"Midnight Rider" Wall Sculpture 42" x 29" inch by Ibrahim Abd Elmalak
Fiberglass
Signed & Dated
Sculptures that mostly depict his characteristic figures of feminine form and feel...
Category
20th Century Abstract Expressionist Africa - Art
Materials
Fiberglass
"Vestiges I" 32" x 83" inch by Neama El Sanhoury
Located in Culver City, CA
"Vestiges I" 32" x 83" inch by Neama El Sanhoury
Medium: fabric appliqué on linen
"Fragments of Time" series:
Ultimately, El Sanhoury’s work is contemplated and generated in a tho...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Art
Materials
Fabric, Linen, Mixed Media, Mesh
"Cactus in Blue" Oil Painting 35" x 26" inch by Mohamed Abla
By Mohamed Abla
Located in Culver City, CA
"Cactus in Blue" Oil Painting 35" x 26" inch by Mohamed Abla
Oil on canvas.
Signed by the Artist.
Mohamed Abla was born in Mansoura (North of Egypt) in 1953. There he spent his c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Cairo 3" Abstract Painting 31.5" x 24" inch by Ahmed Dafrawy
By Ahmed Dafrawy
Located in Culver City, CA
"Cairo 3" Abstract Painting 31.5" x 24" inch by Ahmed Dafrawy
Dafrawy’s fine arts academic background started in 2014 when he received the certificate of drawing course completion ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Africa - Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Reverie I" Abstract Oil Painting 38" x 60" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
By Ashraf Zamzami
Located in Culver City, CA
"Reverie I" Abstract Oil Painting 38" x 60" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
Ashraf El Zamzami was a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Minya, and he fast made a name for himself in the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Nile Delta I" Abstract Mixed Media Painting 96" x 48" inch by Ibrahim Khatab
By Ibrahim Khatab
Located in Culver City, CA
"Nile Delta I" Abstract Mixed Media Painting 96" x 48" inch by Ibrahim Khatab
Ibrahim Khatab was born in Cairo 1984, works as a co-teacher in Cairo University, he mixes between pain...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Africa - Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Untitled 82" Abstract Painting 39" x 35" inch by Ahmed Dafrawy
By Ahmed Dafrawy
Located in Culver City, CA
"Untitled 82" Painting 39" x 35" inch by Ahmed Dafrawy
Dafrawy’s fine arts academic background started in 2014 when he received the certificate of draw...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Africa - Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Incarnation, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Theophile DELAINE
Located in Yardley, PA
This lyrical abstract painting evokes a dark mountain rich in colours that seem to be in the process of being organized in a very yellow universe, full of light, madness, power and e...
Category
2010s Abstract Africa - Art
Materials
Oil
"Le Chat II" Oil Painting 20" x 17" inch by Zohra Efflatoun
By Zohra Efflatoun
Located in Culver City, CA
"Le Chat II" Oil Painting 20" x 17" inch by Zohra Efflatoun
signed & dated
Zohra Efflatoun came from an artistic family. Her half-sister Inji was a r...
Category
20th Century Post-War Africa - Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Abstract Composition XI" Abstract Painting 10" x 14" in by Shaker El Maadawy
Located in Culver City, CA
"Abstract Composition XI" Abstract Painting 10" x 14" in by Shaker El Maadawy
signed & dated
Shaker El Maadawy graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts in painting in 1967 in his na...
Category
20th Century Abstract Expressionist Africa - Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"AD 4.23" Abstract Painting 39" x 28" inch by Ahmed Dafrawy
By Ahmed Dafrawy
Located in Culver City, CA
"AD 4.23" Abstract Painting 39" x 28" inch by Ahmed Dafrawy
Dafrawy’s fine arts academic background started in 2014 when he received the certificate of drawing course completion fr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Africa - Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Alpine Village II" Pastel Painting 9" x 12" in (1975) by Inji Efflatoun
By Inji Efflatoun
Located in Culver City, CA
"Alpine Village II" Pastel Painting 9" x 12" in (1975) by Inji Efflatoun
signed & dated
Inji Eflatoun pursued free studies in art. Since 1942, she has participated in the exhibitio...
Category
20th Century Post-War Africa - Art
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
Swan Diver Female Medium
Located in Somerset West, WC
Swan Diver Female Medium is a limited edition bronze sculpture.
Created with the lost wax casting process.
We have a brown and a nickel plated version available.
There is also a mi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Africa - Art
Materials
Bronze
"Zāt Highchair II" Abstract Sculptural Chair 41" x 19" inch by Karim Abd Elmalak
By Karim Abd Elmalak
Located in Culver City, CA
"Zāt Highchair II" Abstract Sculptural Chair 41" x 19" inch by Karim Abd Elmalak
Medium: iron & oil-based spray paint
Karim Abdel Malak's layered multi-medi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Art
Materials
Iron, Wire
"Cactus Collage" Still Life Painting 55" x 63" inch by Mohamed Abla
By Mohamed Abla
Located in Culver City, CA
"Cactus Collage" Still Life Painting 55" x 63" inch by Mohamed Abla
Mohamed Abla was born in Mansoura (North of Egypt) in 1953. There he spent his childhood and finished school. In...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Hide & Seek" Painting 53" x 39" inch by Tasneem El-Meshad
By Tasneem El Meshad
Located in Culver City, CA
"Hide & Seek" Painting 53" x 39" inch by Tasneem El-Meshad
Medium: acrylic on wood
Academy of Fine Arts Cairo graduate Tasneem El Meshad describes her art, as “a reflection of the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Africa - Art
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel
"Tales I" Abstract Painting 39" x 39" inch by YASMINE HASSAN
Located in Culver City, CA
"Tales I" Abstract Painting 39" x 39" inch by YASMINE HASSAN
Yasmine Hassan’s still life portrayals of cacti and other stark foliage can scarcely be described as such, given that it...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Africa - Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
"The Hourglass" Abstract Painting 39" x 27.5" inch by Karim Abd Elmalak
By Karim Abd Elmalak
Located in Culver City, CA
"The Hourglass" Abstract Painting 39" x 27.5" inch by Karim Abd Elmalak
Karim Abdel Malak's layered multi-media works are influenced by the old masters.
Abdel Malak textured oils are a celebration of the female identity in every sense of the word. His beautiful faces and suave figures grace the canvases together embracing our Egyptian architectural monuments creating a powerful dialogue between women’s identity, her rights, her suffering and our heritage and what it holds in its historical meanings and the deteriorating state.
Graduate from the faculty of Fine Arts, Minia University, Graphic Design Department. Illustrator for Sabah El Kheir & Rosalyoussef, Egyptian local magazines.
Practice Sculpture.
Participant in the 1st Child’s Biennale workshop “Fantasia 1”, Cairo 2003.
Won the silver medal in the International Competition of “SHANKERS World Association”, India 1993.
Exhibitions:
Private Art Works Exhibition at Cairo Gallery, 2001.
Public Exhibition at Ahmed Shawky Museum, Cairo 2001.
Public Exhibition at Mahmoud Said...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Mixed Media
"Mule I" Charcoal on Paper Drawing 12.5" x 20.5" inch by Ahmed Saber
By Ahmed Saber
Located in Culver City, CA
"Mule I" Charcoal on Paper Drawing 12.5" x 20.5" inch by Ahmed Saber
AHMED SABER - BIO
Ahmed Saber is an Egyptian artist based in Luxor in U...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Symbolist Africa - Art
Materials
Paper, Pencil
"Cairo" Abstract Painting 39" x 47" inch by Ahmed Dafrawy
By Ahmed Dafrawy
Located in Culver City, CA
"Cairo" Abstract Painting 39" x 47" inch by Ahmed Dafrawy
Dafrawy’s fine arts academic background started in 2014 when he received the certificate of drawing course completion from...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Africa - Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Happiness, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
When a child is happy, he doesn't care about what is happening next to him or about tomorrow, just happy. :: Painting :: Contemporary :: This piece comes with an official certificate...
Category
2010s Contemporary Africa - Art
Materials
Acrylic
"Story Time" Painting 47" x 39" inch by Tasneem El-Meshad
By Tasneem El Meshad
Located in Culver City, CA
"Story Time" Painting 47" x 39" inch by Tasneem El-Meshad
Acrylic and Oil on Canvas
Academy of Fine Arts Cairo graduate Tasneem El Meshad describes her art, as “a reflection of the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Africa - Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
"Debris III" Abstract Oil Painting 28" x 22" in (1983) by Zaccaria Zeini
Located in Culver City, CA
"Debris III" Abstract Oil Painting 28" x 22" in (1983) by Zaccaria Zeini
Medium: oil on canvas
Signed and dated
Comes in old original frame
Zaccaria El Zeini (1932 - 1993) was ra...
Category
20th Century Africa - Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Potted Cactus" Still Life Oil Painting 47" x 55" inch by Mohamed Abla
By Mohamed Abla
Located in Culver City, CA
"Potted Cactus" Still Life Oil Painting 47" x 55" inch by Mohamed Abla
Mohamed Abla was born in Mansoura (North of Egypt) in 1953. There he spent his childhood and finished school. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Wandering Souls" Painting 47" x 39" inch by Tasneem El-Meshad
By Tasneem El Meshad
Located in Culver City, CA
"Wandering Souls" Painting 47" x 39" inch by Tasneem El-Meshad
Acrylic & Mixed Media on Canvas
Academy of Fine Arts Cairo graduate Tasneem El Meshad describes her art, as “a reflec...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Africa - Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Through the Cataracts" Pastel Painting 12" x 22" inch by El Hussein Fawzi
Located in Culver City, CA
"Through the Cataracts" Pastel Painting 12" x 22" inch by El Hussein Fawzi
Signed
Circa 1960
EL HUSSEIN FAWZI: (1905-1999). Born in Helmia district, Cairo on 4 September 1905, El...
Category
20th Century Modern Africa - Art
Materials
Pastel, Cardboard
"Cataracts" Landscape Watercolor Painting 10" x 12" in (1975) by Zaccaria Zeini
Located in Culver City, CA
"Cataracts" Landscape Watercolor Painting 10" x 12" in (1975) by Zaccaria Zeini
Medium: watercolor on paper
Signed and dated
Zaccaria El Zeini (1932 - 1993) was raised in the popu...
Category
20th Century Africa - Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Mannequine I" Sculpture 42" x 11" x 5" inch by Sarkis Tossonian
By Sarkis Tossonian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Mannequine I" Sculpture 42" x 11" x 5" inch by Sarkis Tossonian
Sarkis Tossoonian was born in Alexandria in 1953. He graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts/Sculpture in 1979. He s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Art
Materials
Polyester
"Tawhid" Textile Abstract Painting 12" x 16" inch by Neama El Sanhoury
Located in Culver City, CA
"Tawhid" Textile Abstract Painting 12" x 16" inch by Neama El Sanhoury
Medium: fabric appliqué on linen
"Fragments of Time" series:
Ultimately, El Sanhoury’s work is contemplated ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Art
Materials
Fabric, Linen, Mixed Media, Mesh
"Pigeon Huts" Painting 31.5" x 47" inch by Mohamed Hussein
Located in Culver City, CA
"Pigeon Huts" Painting 31.5" x 47" inch by Mohamed Hussein
Born 1989, Mohamed Hussein is a Fayoum native whose semi-abstract landscape and urban vistas are captured with a cultured ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Giraffe strolling
Located in Knysna, ZA
Giraffes grow to nearly their full height of 5,5mt (18ft) by four years of age but gain weight until they are seven or eight. Males weigh up to 1,930 kg (4,250 pounds), females up to...
Category
2010s Africa - Art
Materials
Bronze
"Freedom I" Abstract Sculpture 49" x 38" x 6" inch by Sarkis Tossonian
By Sarkis Tossonian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Freedom I" Abstract Sculpture 49" x 38" x 6" inch by Sarkis Tossonian
Sarkis Tossoonian was born in Alexandria in 1953. He graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts/Sculpture in 1979. He started exhibiting in individual and group exhibitions in Alexandria since 1980 and up until now. Sarkis Tossoonian won the second prize in Sculpture in the 5th Biennale of Port Said in 2001. Sarkis Tossoonian excels in blending two different mediums in his works like non shiny bronze with shiny golden brass. His figures stand for both male and female dressed elegantly and representing mostly noble graceful figures
Although metals are his favorite material, Tossoonian returned to Aswan symposium to carve another statue of granite for the second time. This year, the artist wants to carve what he wished to do last year but failed due to the disobedience of the stubborn piece of stone.
A long and thin sculpture...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Art
Materials
Polyester
"Robed I" Bronze Sculpture 11" x 4" x 2" inch by Sarkis Tossonian
By Sarkis Tossonian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Robed I" Bronze Sculpture 11" x 4" x 2" inch by Sarkis Tossonian
Sarkis Tossoonian was born in Alexandria in 1953. He graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts/Sculpture in 1979. He ...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Africa - Art
Materials
Bronze
Aiyekooto (Insecure) - Contemporary African Portrait with Parrot Symbolism
Located in Ibadan, NG
“Aiyekooto (Insecure)” is a psychologically resonant painting that invites the viewer to reflect on the instability of truth in contemporary society. The Yoruba title Aiyekooto translates as “the world rejects truth” a fitting metaphor for an era defined by misinformation, curated identities, and performative honesty.
At the center of the composition is a mysterious figure, partially obscured behind a sculptural, collar-like form, as though armored against scrutiny. A parrot, traditionally a truth-teller in Yoruba symbolism, perches on a branch nearby. But here, the bird becomes a subtle antagonist representing the overwhelming flood of conflicting information in our modern lives.
The figure’s intense gaze, matched by surreal accessories like a lemon slice hat and hyper-stylized garment, suggests both elegance and caution. The mood is contemplative and charged a quiet but forceful critique of societal insecurity toward what is real, what is fabricated, and what we choose to believe.
Orioye’s painterly skill, combined with his unique narrative approach, creates a work that is visually rich and conceptually deep. The balance of cultural symbolism, fashion surrealism, and psychological commentary makes this piece a timeless addition to any serious collection of contemporary African art.
Why It’s Worth the Price:
This is more than a portrait it’s a visual philosophy rendered in color, texture, and metaphor. Bukola Orioye...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Art Nouveau Africa - Art
Materials
Varnish, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
"Glyph II" Red Granite Sculpture 7" x 15" x 10" inch by Eman Barakat
Located in Culver City, CA
"Glyph II" Red Granite Sculpture 7" x 15" x 10" inch by Eman Barakat
Eman Barakat is an Egyptian Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1988. Thei...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Art
Materials
Granite
"Arabian Cafe II” Figurative Oil Painting 47" x 47"in by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné
By Katherine Bakhoum-Tisné
Located in Culver City, CA
"Arabian Cafe II” Figurative Oil Painting 47" x 47"in by Katherine Bakhoum Tisné
Katherine Bakhoum represents art that has been forgotten for a long while. She draws upon the concep...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Africa - Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Prickly Pear Ears II" Abstract Painting 39" x 39" inch by YASMINE HASSAN
Located in Culver City, CA
"Prickly Pear Ears II" Abstract Painting 39" x 39" inch by YASMINE HASSAN
Yasmine Hassan’s still life portrayals of cacti and other stark foliage can scarcely be described as such, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Africa - Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
"Corniche" Figurative Oil Painting 31" x 31" inch by Omar Abdel Zaher
Located in Culver City, CA
"Corniche" Figurative Oil Painting 31" x 31" inch by Omar Abdel Zaher
Abdel Zaher is a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Helwan and has been painting for three decades and has...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Africa - Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Night Horse" Figurative Painting 15" x 13" inch by Ahmed Saber
By Ahmed Saber
Located in Culver City, CA
"Night Horse" Figurative Painting 15" x 13" inch by Ahmed Saber
Medium: acrylic, ink & colored pencil on paper
AHMED SABER - BIO
Ahmed Saber is an Egyptian artist based in Luxor in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Symbolist Africa - Art
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Color Pencil
"Woman in Pink Dress" Watercolor Painting 18" x 12" inch by Inji Efflatoun
By Inji Efflatoun
Located in Culver City, CA
"Woman in Pink Dress" Watercolor Painting 18" x 12" inch by Inji Efflatoun
Rare piece
Not signed or dated.
Fair condition.
Inji Eflatoun pursu...
Category
20th Century Post-War Africa - Art
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Contemplation Opus I, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Theophile DELAINE
Located in Yardley, PA
This the first opus of the series of lyrical abstract paintings "Contemplation" A series dedicated to the passivity necessary to feel and perceive the beauty of the world, far from ...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Africa - Art
Materials
Oil
"Bathing Nude III" Watercolor Painting 24" x 17" inch (1959) by Kawkab Youssef
Located in Culver City, CA
"Bathing Nude III" Watercolor Painting 24" x 17" inch (1959) by Kawkab Youssef
Signed and dated 1959
A short history of Kawkab Youssef El-Assal:
Wit...
Category
20th Century Post-War Africa - Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"El Sayyad" Pastel on Paper Painting 12" x 8" inch by Inji Efflatoun
By Inji Efflatoun
Located in Culver City, CA
"El Sayyad" Pastel on Paper Painting 12" x 8" inch by Inji Efflatoun
circa 1960
Signed
Inji Eflatoun pursued free studies in art. Since 1942, she has participated in the exhibitio...
Category
20th Century Post-War Africa - Art
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
Retrospection (Gelede) - African Portrait Painting with Traditional Yoruba Mask
Located in Ibadan, NG
Retrospection (Gelede) is a visually elegant and symbolically potent portrait by Nigerian contemporary artist Bukola Orioye, whose work consistently explores the interweaving of iden...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Africa - Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
