Myth Busting Curator

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  1. Hello, everyone.
  2. My name is Natalie Velasquez and welcome to my myth
  3. busting curator presentation where I will be discussing African artworks
  4. as well as myths about African art.
  5. The three artists I will be discussing artworks from are
  6. all a way of essay.
  7. Willie Bester and Inca Shoni Bear.
  8. The first artwork I will be talking about was created
  9. by the artist named all the Way of the Sea
  10. all the Way was born in Nigeria in 18 75
  11. Holloway is considered to be one of the most important
  12. 20th century artists by Western are historians.
  13. He was a great wood sculpture that incorporated African style
  14. and culture into his art pieces.
  15. His designs were known as usual.
  16. ANA, always artistic talent, is recalled in Turkey and impressed
  17. poems by the European culture.
  18. The first art book is called The Veranda Post, and
  19. it's a mounted wood sculpture.
  20. This sculpture, created by all the way, is called the
  21. veranda posts, and it was created in 1938.
  22. The space is commonly seen in the exterior courtyard of
  23. a Yoruba palace.
  24. When looking at the sculpture, the thing that stands out
  25. the most would be the question warrior that is sitting
  26. straight on a horse.
  27. This typically would symbolize, symbolize political power as well as
  28. dominance. This piece is honored in the Yoruba culture to
  29. show power and dominance as well as wealth.
  30. As we can see, the warrior king is holding a
  31. spear on his left hand while he's holding a pistol
  32. on his right hand.
  33. As for the woman in this sculpture, which are seen
  34. under the horse represents spiritual power for women among the
  35. European. This also symbolizes fertility and abundance for women.
  36. The second artwork I will be discussing was created by
  37. the artist named Goenka, shown Ebert, which is a British
  38. Nigerian artist.
  39. His artwork explores many interesting topics, such as cultural identity
  40. as well as colonialism and post colonialism.
  41. He is mostly known for the fabric that he uses
  42. in his art pieces called and Cara Fabric, which he
  43. buys in London and was inspired by Indonesian design, which
  44. was eventually sold to colonies in the west of Africa.
  45. This fabric is also a Dutch wax fabric.
  46. His work does a great job incorporating both cultures such
  47. as African and the British cultures.
  48. This second artwork is called the Butterfly Kit, which was
  49. made in 2017.
  50. The Butterfly Kid comes from one of the biggest exhibition
  51. called Trade Winds that includes two sculpture figures, one which
  52. is a girl and the other one, which is a
  53. boy. In this one.
  54. It's the girl which reaches her hand out, almost giving
  55. the symbol of hopefulness.
  56. Ginga has mentioned in his interviews before that his work
  57. always uses theatrical language and his specific in this specific
  58. culture, a whole story is told between the two sculptures
  59. in the exhibition.
  60. Yeah, the Inca manages to reflect or present global issues,
  61. such as in this sculpture.
  62. He shows the implications in Africa from two different points
  63. of views, one being the girl and the other being
  64. the boy, both with different issues, with some circle but
  65. same circumstances.
  66. As we can see, the girl doesn't have a face.
  67. She rather has a black sweater as ahead, while she
  68. wears intricate colours with a butterfly with butterfly wings, which
  69. once again symbolizes hope.
  70. Okay, the third art piece discussed was created by the
  71. contemporary African artist Willy Buster.
  72. He uses mixed media for his collages.
  73. He combines oil paint and collage pasted with photographs, which
  74. he has taken himself.
  75. He also integrates several pectoral forums and Mont edges it
  76. with objects, which he has collected himself from townships of
  77. Cape Town in South Africa.
  78. He also does a great job incorporating social and political
  79. issues in his art to raise awareness of African problems.
  80. This third art piece is called Ham Becali, which also
  81. means goodbye for well in the Zulu culture.
  82. The art piece was made in 1993 and it was
  83. made with oil, wood, metal, plastic, fabric, horn, leather and
  84. newspaper on board.
  85. Bester use leftovers of society to create art pieces that
  86. would depict the political history of South Africa.
  87. In the specific art piece, he makes a tribute to
  88. Steve Biko, who was a South African anti apartheid activist.
  89. He was a part of a campaign known as the
  90. Black Consciousness Movement during the late 19 sixties and the
  91. late 19 seventies.
  92. In the painting, we can see several objects such as
  93. a guitar, a dove and other African symbols, all surrounding
  94. the portrait of Steve Biko.
  95. This art piece is very unique and colorful, with different
  96. symbols, all to pay tribute to the activists.
  97. Mhm. Now I will be discussing myths about African art.
  98. One myth would be his African arterial thing.
  99. The question whether African art is a subject for academic
  100. research has been debated by many.
  101. The question is whether African art is a real thing
  102. or just another concept.
  103. There are historians that argued that African art is a
  104. lazy term, anything that doesn't exist in Nigeria.
  105. Important mixed media artist named Dennis was a DB argues
  106. that there was never that there was never been such
  107. a thing as African art.
  108. Well, there are other collectors, artists and historians that argue
  109. the opposite as African art is in art, with varying
  110. cultures representing different expectations and values.
  111. African art is also argued to be more expressive and
  112. more spiritual than European art.
  113. Another myth about African art would be if African art
  114. must look a certain way to be classified as African.
  115. In previous readings, the 10th of Latin City, the authenticity
  116. and the definition of African art has been discussed.
  117. African art has been seen as primitive, mostly by the
  118. West. But when it comes to what African art really
  119. is, many would say that African art is a representation
  120. of varying African cultures that may come in sculptures, paintings
  121. and a combination of other things, like mentioned in the
  122. previous slides by the artist Willie Bester, who does a
  123. great job CA lodging mixed objects in his art pieces
  124. to represent a certain culture or issue.
  125. In some instances, while determining who gets to decide what
  126. is African art and what isn't it all comes up
  127. to the West and the West, art Western artists as
  128. well as the curator, although many may have mixed opinions
  129. about what is and what is an African art.
  130. But as mentioned by Yinka Shown Ebert, nothing is as
  131. authentic as it seems.
  132. And this may stay a debate for years as authenticity
  133. and assumptions are a controversial topic when it comes to
  134. African art.
  135. African or I can tell a history of varying cultures
  136. as well as symbolizing African values.
  137. Yeah, now, the two discussion questions I would like you
  138. to think about would be one.
  139. Would you agree with the Inca Shawnee bear that nothing
  140. is as authentic as it seems when it comes to
  141. African art?
  142. And to do you think there should be a specific
  143. thick features, including an African art to be considered art,
  144. considering that there are many that debate.
  145. Some pieces aren't African because they don't show certain symbols
  146. or features, while others may think certain features are in
  147. no way African rather offensive or vulgar.
  148. This is my We're excited Page, Thank you so much
  149. for listening, and I hope you learned from the many
  150. African artists mentioned as well as your beautiful and unique
  151. artwork show.