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Season Africa2020
Fields
Artistic Movements
Lyrical abstraction
21
Surrealism
52
Subjects
Abstraction
337
Allegory
105
Animals
161
Architecture
126
Autobiography
122
Self-portrait
171
Political issues
345
Social classes
80
Women's status
299
Consumerism
85
Human body
412
Colour
212
Dance
78
Discriminations
150
Documentary
119
Ecology
73
Writing
161
Childhood
106
Eroticism
76
Public space
82
Fantasy & dreams
84
Feminism
297
Geometry
150
War & conflicts
142
History
266
Art history & museum
65
Identity
200
Intimacy
103
Language
89
Light
81
Mannequins & dolls
41
Maternity
111
Media
64
Memory
195
Human migration
95
Fashion & clothing
66
Modernity
34
Death
71
Myths, tales & legends
94
Nature
235
Still life
150
Nude
152
Landscape
286
Urban landscape
148
Portrait
399
Postcolonialism
99
Racism
67
Religion & spirituality
179
Domestic scene
110
Sexuality
129
Traditions
227
Work
78
Domestic work
78
Vegetal
159
Everyday life
276
Violence
141
Mediums
Applied arts
206
Jewellery & silverware
19
Ceramic
76
Costumes
37
Decor
57
Furniture
18
Mosaic
15
Graphic arts
772
Watercolour
182
Collage
202
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
507
Engraving & etching
224
Pastel & wax
105
Audiovisual
339
Video
238
Installation
480
Accumulation
86
Assemblage
224
[Modes]
124
Site-specific
110
Monumental
127
Painting
767
Acrylic
157
Mural
35
Gouache
95
Oil
441
Performance
227
Photography
412
Analogue photography
236
Digital photography
93
Photojournalism
37
Photomontage
72
Sculpture
431
Concrete & cement
31
Wood
110
Bronze
93
Metal
131
Paper & cardboard
25
Plaster
78
Resin
32
Clay
94
Glass
25
Textile
204
Embroidery
72
Sewing
45
Countries
Africa
89
South Africa
12
Algeria
12
Congo
1
Egypt
12
Ghana
5
Kenya
3
Morocco
4
Mozambique
2
Nigeria
15
Senegal
4
Tunisia
7
Zambia
1
Central America and the Caribbean
38
North America
362
United States
316
South America
99
Asia
171
Europe
730
Austria
17
France
359
Italy
48
Portugal
8
United Kingdom
99
Middle East
96
Oceania
45
Periods of
activity
17th century
1
18th century
18
19th century
78
20th century
1192
1930s
274
1940s
296
1950s
367
1960s
484
1970s
583
1980s
682
1990s
817
21st century
777
2000s
777
2010s
695
2020s
506
The indexed biographies correspond to artists born between 1664 and 1974.
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1935 — 2024 | Ghana
Felicia Abban
1934 — 2023 | Algeria
Souhila Bel Bahar
1966 | Zambia
Agnes Buya Yombwe
1967 | Senegal
Fatou Kiné Diakhaté
1956 | Morocco
Lalla Essaydi
1939 — 2020 | Algeria
Leila Ferhat
1936 — 1997 | Nigeria
Josephine Ifueko Omigie
1965 | Republic of the Congo
Bill Kouélany
1970 | Nigeria
Marcia Kure
1925 — 1984 | Nigeria
Ladi Kwali
1924 — Mozambique | 2012 — Italy
Bertina Lopes
1948 | Egypt
Huda Lutfi
1953 | Algeria
Akila Mouhoubi
1965 | Tunisia
Asma M’Naouar
1950 | Kenya
Magdalene Odundo
1970 | United States
Wura-Natasha Ogunji
1938 | Nigeria
Elizabeth Olowu
1942 | Nigeria
Colette Omogbai
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