Contemporary African Art in the Global Art Market

Bernie Searle, from the “Color Me series”, Photo, 1998

Bernie Searle, Snow White, “Still” Photo-reproduction from Her “Two Projector video installation” 2001

Chris Ofili,The Holy Virgin Mary,Acrylic, resin, oil paper collage,Elephant dung on linen,1996

Chris Ofili Afrodizzia,Mixed media,1996

Man wearing commemorative clothWith likeness of Queen Elizabeth IIGhana, 1960

Independence Day Dance Party,Ghana, March 6, 1957

Vote for Peace,Vote ANC, detail, 1994

Yinka Shonibare, Scramble for Africa, installation 14 chairs, 14 tablesWax prints, 2000

Yinka Shonibaredetail

Yinka Shonibare, The Last Supper (after Leonardo) mixed media, 2013

Yinka Shonibare, Un Ballo in Maschera (Courtiers V) Three mannequins on glass bases, Dutch wax-printed cotton fabric, leather shoes.67 x 120 x 72" (overall), The Richard Brown Baker Fund for Contemporary British ArtPhotography by Erik Gould

Sokari Douglas-CampGelede,Steel, 1993

Sokari Douglas-Camp, Drummers, wood, Steel, Electro engine, 1987

Calabash with intricate decorations, Yoruba, Nigeria, 20th century

Moyo Okediji, Dutchman, acrylic on canvas, 1995

Moyosore Ogundipe, Soliloquy: Life’s Fragile Fictions, acrylic on canvas, 1997

Bobo (butterfly) mask,Burkina Faso (Upper Volta)Wood, pigment, cotton20th century

dele jegede,Kwanzaa, 1996, oil on canvas

Dele JegedeJust Do ItOil on canvas2003

Dele Jegede, Yo…oil on canvas 2006

El Anatsui, Earth’s Skin, mixed media, 2007

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Ritual of Imori (Knowing/discerningDestiny), Ijebu-Yoruba, Nigeria

Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Sonponna, photograph, black & white silver gelatin with hand tinting,1987

Orisa Priestess with painted forehead

Rotimi Fani-Kayode,Soponna,Black and white silver gelatinWith hand tinting,1987

Rotimi Fani-Kayode,Golden Phallus,Color Photograph,1989

Rotimi Fani-Kayode,Every moments counts(Ecstatic Antibodies)Color Photograph,1989

Osi Audu, I Have a Landscape in my Head, Pastel and Graphite on Paper, 2001

Osi Audu, Transfiguration, Graphite and Pastel on Paper, 2001

Seydou Keita,Untitled,Photography,1958

Jacques-Louis David's painting Bonaparte Crossing the Alps at Grand-Saint-BernardOil on canvas, 1801-1805

Kehinde Wiley, Napoleon Leading the Army over the Alps, oil on canvas, 2005

Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, The Grand Odalisque, oil on canvas, 1814

Lalla Essaydi, Les Femmes Du Maroc: La Grande Odalisque, 2008, chromogenic print mounted to aluminum, signed, titled, dated, and numbered on label verso, 30 x 40 inches, edition 8 of 15.

Ike Ude,Cover Girl Series,Photo Text,1994-5

Ike Ude,Cover Girl,Installation view, Exit Art1994-5

Jane Alexander, Butcher Boys, mixed media, 1985-86

Jane Alexander, The Custodian, mixed media, 2013

Jane Alexander, The Sentinel, mixed media. 2013