Introduction | Ousmane Sow | Technique and Object | Toussaint Louverture | Gold | Art at home | Womanhood | Artists | Nigerian modernism | Metals | Encoded meanings | Emblems of status | Ethiopia | Masks | Movement and gesture | How to Look at African Art (pdf) | Gallery hunt answers | African Mosaic collection | Collecting The World In African Art (NPR interview)




Open Letter to God
Zwelethu Mthethwa
b. 1960, Durban, South Africa
2000
Digital giclee print on canvas
Purchased with funds provided by the Annie Laurie Aitken Endowment, 2000-23-2

Boy and the Candle
Gerard Sekoto
1913­1993, South Africa
1943
Oil on canvas
Museum purchase, 2000-3-1

Fantasy coffin
Paa Joe
b. 1945, Ghana
Late 20th century
Wood, paint
Gift of Kenneth and Bonnie Brown, 2010-9-1
Introduction | Ousmane Sow | Technique and Object | Toussaint Louverture | Gold | Art at home | Womanhood | Artists | Nigerian modernism | Metals | Encoded meanings | Emblems of status | Ethiopia | Masks | Movement and gesture | How to Look at African Art (pdf) | Gallery hunt answers | African Mosaic collection | Collecting The World In African Art (NPR interview)