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CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN ART AND ARTISTS

Artists from across the vast continent of Africa – as well as artists of African heritage from every corner of the world – are now making their mark as never before on the contemporary art scene.

from Ghana makes huge ‘cloths’ of bottle tops sewn together, which he drapes across buildings (right); artists from Mozambique, such as , make amazing ‘peace’ sculptures out of the gunsfrom South Africa and from Nigeria are two artists who use brilliant cloth to emphasise the power of women in their countries, while the British/Trinidadian artist giant sculptures, made of all sorts of stuff he has found on his travels, celebrate the arts of Caribbean carnival.

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