archatlas:African Canvas Margaret Courtney-Clarke The Art of Africa is a casualtyof colonial
archatlas: African Canvas Margaret Courtney-Clarke The Art of Africa is a casualtyof colonial exploitation, survivingprincipally in the museums ofother countries. ~ Nadine Gordimer “My objective in this work is to document an extraordinary art form - vernacular art and architecture in West Africa - that is not transportable and therefore not seen in museums around the world. It is an attempt to capture the unseen Africa, a glimpse into the homes and into the spirit of very proud and dignified peoples. In much the same way as I photographed the art of Ndebele women, I have drawn on my personal affinity for the art itself, for methods, design and form, rather than the socio-anthropological or political realities of a people or continent in dilemma. These images portray a unique tradition of Africa, a celebration of an indigenous rural culture in which the women are the artists and the home her canvas.” I made a similar blog post to this a while back, about the vernacular architecture of Oualata/Walata, Mauritania (in fact, the second and last photos are of Oualata). You can read it here (not sure why, but when I format the link to my post in that text, it keeps redirecting to some old blog for whatever reason): (http://black-renaissance.tumblr.com/post/158170280516/oualata-mauritania-oualata-also-known-as) -- source link
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