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| The world of art is as old as the Human experience itself. And African Art rank among them, the vitality and the mystery of African Art surpasses all other genre. It's with great passion that we take to present our Gallery. No other Gallery online in African Art features the same breath of regional scope and ceremonial use. Our hobby for good work and our appreciation for the beauty of a masterpiece is manifested here in Afridimension. Traditional African Art is profoundly influenced by many factors: religion and magic, the belief in omnipresent occult forces, ancestor worship ceremonies, masked dances for all important life events, the power of secret societies, the chief's desire for prestige, the love of jewellery and the pursuit of beauty in the most lowly of objects. In this context, the artist who was commissioned to create indispensable objects only has a limited amount of freedom. "But with what result?" A careful aesthetic analysis shows the extend to which the problems has been brilliantly resolved: happy inventions of form, daring conceptualization and evocative figures. It is no |
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modern art. The cubist followed by the expressionists and surrealist, who recognized the aesthetic qualities of the sacred sculptures and masks, and even on the furniture's, textiles, bronze, gold, iron, terracotta, cotton and raffia, as well as wood, beads and leather is used in daily life. They were fascinated by the formal dynamism and expressive power of African objects, which corresponded to their own search for simplified forms, directness and immediacy of expression.
We invite you to come and share with us this phenomenal world of mystery and African objects just for pure joy and pleasure.
Welcome to the world of the unknown.