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It’s worthy to note that the perception of art as well as the process of creation in the African continent somehow differ from what the western society got used to.
Art there doesn’t exist for the sake of Art.
It’s meaningful, identifying and deeply spiritual. It exists out of necessity but also represents a highest form of liberation.

It cannot be dissociated from the heritage of the continent and Its rooted into the culture of the ancestors.

The art in Africa as well is aiming to show different reality, not the one, corrupted, which western media often feed us (clichés of extreme poverty and primitiveness oh how much unjustified!).
Finally how not to highlight the multidisciplinary and innovativeness of the African creatives who use the latest tools of digital art to express themselves as the virtual reality is not to be ignored any more.

NENE MAHLANGU: THE ART OF FAITH AND FREEDOM

We have started to discover the African creatives in our video interview with Lesego Seoketsa, young multidisciplinary artist from South Africa

We are going to publish one written interview with an artist per week.
The choice of artists was challenging as all of them are unique and authentic.

As you will see, each of them has a strong personality:
Phila Mille is definitely the pioneer of innovation as the digital art tools prevail in her works. The artist in her works creates spaces in which women feel safe.

The paintings of Nthabiseng Boledi Keka are spiritual to a point that this young lady seems to talk to the ghosts and ancestors and draw the inspiration and ancient wisdom from them.

Adulphina Imuede brings us to the surreal world of her fantastic characters, with their big round eyes looking straight into your soul,
while Nene Mahlangu represents Lady Justice in a high fashion outlooks and occasionally designs National coins for her native South Africa.

What unites all these talented young women is the feeling of identity, easily traceable through all theirs artworks.