The three faces/ four eyes Lengola masks, represent the knowledge of the visible world and the invisible world and associate feminine and masculine values.
A sculpture to show that matter, in fact, does so. Concepts of mass, of energy, are quite recent. Yet matter and light backed humanity since the beginning.
Any culture has its ways to elevate the mind. This painted sculpture “African Alpha Waves” depicts such a discipline, therefore, becomes a proper medium to access to one’s own alpha waves.
Magnifique ouvrage illustré de soixante gouaches par Jean Besancenot-Girard, représentant les costumes traditionnels des différentes régions du Maroc.
Life is on earth, the sky is the domain of after-life under the condition of a well-behaved life on earth, therefore, wrestling the sky…
Amongst the fascinating number of minerals, the mercury ore stands as, maybe, the strangest stone of all – Artist Addé.
This work, a fine piece of polychrome sculpture, is paying a tribute to humanity facing mysteries. The bleeding stone is a sculpture celebrating, since the earliest stage of humanity, the mysteries that brought us from fear to science.
African Homage Collection – Toma Landai initiation mask – The Toma live in the rain forest, northwest of Liberia, western Sierra Leone, and eastern Guinea.
This flat “mask” stems from the area of the upper Ogowe and is used in ceremonies of the secret society KIDUMU.
A fine, dramatic, yet colorful sculpture which is a tribute to one of the strongest force on earth and a fundamental source of energy. The wind.
A tribute to the Pende people and their colourful arts – Contemporary Art – Sculpture – Polychromy – Artist Addé.
This Lega sculpture is a stunning monochrome exercice de style. Contemporary Art – Sculpture – Artist Addé.
Art – Sculpture – Polychromy – mixed media – Artist Addé – What does not come from the sky, is given by Mother Earth.
Keeping the ancestor’s skull as a mark of respect and faith. “The Ancestor” Sculpture by Addé.
Voodoo – A tribute to Marie Laveau revived in Dr John’s evocational voodooing song Sculpture.
Power figure Nkisi elaborated to fight difficulties gris-gris – Sculpture by Addé
Voodoo, the world’s oldest religion, a heritage from Yoruba, Fon, and Ewe. Contemporary Art – Sculpture – “Vous Deux Child” Voodoo – Artist Addé –
The joyful forest spirit comes out of his domain bringing chants and dances. L’esprit joyeux de la forêt sort de son domaine en apportant des chants et des danses.
What does not come from the sky, is given by mother earth. Ce qui ne vient pas du ciel, est donné par la terre mère.
Birth tree baobab African legend – Contemporary Art Sculpture by Addé.
So, a sculpture can be at the same time, a sign and a metaphor. – Ainsi, une sculpture peut être à la fois un signe et une métaphore.
Praised be the rain – Sculpture – Artist Addé – Based on a Kuba inspired pattern, this sculpture carries the symbols of life and fertility.
A sculpture being static, per se, it represents a momentum during which the dance is faster than the eye.
Rain being an absolute necessity, is strongly expected as a blessing.
Sculpture – Artist Addé – Animism construction mixed media sculpture colorful.
Jewelry – Sculpture Xea B. – Celebrating the great African cultures, starting with this powerful and heavy Luba mask pendant.
Painting by Addé – Abstract – Acrylic on canvas – African body rituals painting.
African adobe sculptural architecture. When architecture and sculpture collide
Painting – Artist Xea B. – When African oral culture meets contemporary art in a fusionning attempt.
Contemporary Art – Abstract Painting – Artist Xea B. – Oil on canvas – Spirits deep down in the forest…
Contemporary Art – Painting – Artist Xea B. – Oil on canvas – Celebration of an ancestor’s memory – A vision of a Fang ancestor
Eric Edwards’ project to open a very rich museum of African art in Brooklyn, NY.
The Grebo are a West African people in east-central and south-eastern Liberia and western Ivory Coast, in a largely forested area.
What you see here could be regarded as the essence of art. Video Stone Balance and Videography by Michael Grab.
What is wrong with African arts and masks exhibited in museum, private collection, or gallery, departed from their environment and/ or atmosphere?
African dance – A rare to see dancing scene of the Guro.
Contemporary Art – Painting – Artist Xea B. – Chanting history, myths, legendes, and philosophy. – Say of the Griot.
Contemporary Art – Painting – Artist Xea B. – Fang polymodal triangular pattern – African Symbolic portrait.
Contemporary Art – Abstract Painting – African Score – Artist Xea B. – Oil on canvas – Writting African music with colors and patterns.
Contemporary Art: Painting – Artist Xea B. – Oil on canvas – This fine painting expresses the joyfulness of the feasts given by the Pende on many occasions.