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FLAUNT: Africa New Wave
Ethan Cohen New York is pleased to present FLAUNT: Africa New Wave, a group exhibition featuring Aboudia, Pr.Adetomiwa A.Gbadebo, Armand Boua, Gresham Tapiwa Nyaude, Soly Ciss茅, Wycliffe Mundopa.
Almost a century ago, African art's interaction with the Western tradition changed the course of art history. From Picasso through Cubists to Brancusi, a spare austerity purged decoration from form and content thanks to the revelation of African minimalism. A new wave along the same vector is once again stirring the art world, born of a reverse-pollination as African artists absorb global esthetics and integrate them into their practice. Suddenly a lushness of color has appeared in paintings, almost psychedelic in stridency, drawing partly on polychrome tribal fabrics, sometimes on Western Pop-kitsch and flamboyance, to create a new unmistakably African synthesis. African art is globalizing and the world is paying attention. The Saatchi gallery has devoted the greater part of two shows 鈥� PANGAEA I and PANGAEA II 鈥� to the phenomenon. The African Art Fair has launched first in London, then in New York. Francois Pinot, the owner of Christies and a leading collector in the world, has invested heavily in the work of Aboudia. And the Cartier Foundation this summer presented a powerful African group show 鈥淏eaute Congo: 1926 - 2015鈥�. Now Ethan Cohen New York is featuring a select group of such top African artists in 鈥淔launt: Africa New Wave鈥�, part of an ongoing curatorial series of focusing on contemporary African art.
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Ethan Cohen New York is pleased to present FLAUNT: Africa New Wave, a group exhibition featuring Aboudia, Pr.Adetomiwa A.Gbadebo, Armand Boua, Gresham Tapiwa Nyaude, Soly Ciss茅, Wycliffe Mundopa.
Almost a century ago, African art's interaction with the Western tradition changed the course of art history. From Picasso through Cubists to Brancusi, a spare austerity purged decoration from form and content thanks to the revelation of African minimalism. A new wave along the same vector is once again stirring the art world, born of a reverse-pollination as African artists absorb global esthetics and integrate them into their practice. Suddenly a lushness of color has appeared in paintings, almost psychedelic in stridency, drawing partly on polychrome tribal fabrics, sometimes on Western Pop-kitsch and flamboyance, to create a new unmistakably African synthesis. African art is globalizing and the world is paying attention. The Saatchi gallery has devoted the greater part of two shows 鈥� PANGAEA I and PANGAEA II 鈥� to the phenomenon. The African Art Fair has launched first in London, then in New York. Francois Pinot, the owner of Christies and a leading collector in the world, has invested heavily in the work of Aboudia. And the Cartier Foundation this summer presented a powerful African group show 鈥淏eaute Congo: 1926 - 2015鈥�. Now Ethan Cohen New York is featuring a select group of such top African artists in 鈥淔launt: Africa New Wave鈥�, part of an ongoing curatorial series of focusing on contemporary African art.
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