User:Czar/drafts/African

Collecting criteria have broadened since 2000, when ... the late Warren Robbins, publicly scolded the museum for collecting contemporary art and showing it alongside traditional masks and sculpture. “Contemporary African art is European art that happens to be made by Africans,” Robbins told a forum. The museum brushed aside the criticism and in 2005–06 mounted “African Art Now,” a groundbreaking survey ... – http://www.artnews.com/2012/09/17/beyond-the-masks/

I created a custom search engine to find whether these artists have enough sourcing such that WP can dedicate articles to them. The following look promising:

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 * https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-the-brooklyn-museum-is-transforming-the-way-we-think-about-african-art
 * User:Czar/drafts/History of the National Museum of African Art
 * User:Czar/drafts/Contemporary African art
 * User:Czar/drafts/African art
 * User:Czar/drafts/VB57
 * User:Czar/drafts/Contemporary African art
 * User:Czar/drafts/African art
 * User:Czar/drafts/VB57


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 * Other VB pavilions:, etc.
 * http://www.okayafrica.com/culture-2/art/six-african-artists-disrupt-time-smithsonian-exhibit/


 * Museum of African Design
 * New York African Film Festival
 * Freetown Masks
 * Bad source but potential artists: http://theculturetrip.com/africa/articles/10-contemporary-african-artists-you-should-know/
 * The Contemporary African Art Collection
 * Female Egyptian street artists
 * Vlisco
 * The Contemporary African Art Collection
 * Female Egyptian street artists
 * Vlisco


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From Janet
Check SIRIS subject cats and databases for these:
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 * – little/nothing outside artthrob? no major hits in books search either
 * almost no coverage
 * little pm (pms in g books search), likely need to look at french sources
 * (also Madame Zo) pm   museum
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 * fashion is hard, fashion sources are harder – pm
 * (also Madame Zo) pm   museum
 * ? pm
 * fashion is hard, fashion sources are harder – pm

OkayAfrica 100 Women list
Artists Automated list

Fusion
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For improvement/expansion

 * Paul Tishman
 * El Anatsui
 * Seydou Keïta (photographer)
 * Koyo Kouoh
 * Marcia Kure
 * Iba N'Diaye
 * National Museum of African Art
 * Chika Okeke-Agulu (mostly unreferenced)
 * Athi-Patra Ruga
 * Chéri Samba
 * Malick Sidibé
 * Aida Muluneh
 * Michaela DePrince (ballerina)
 * Dakar Biennale
 * APAH: The Swing (after Fragonard) by Yinka Shonibare,      Old Man's Cloth by El Anatsui, Stadia II by Julie Mehretu,   Preying Mantra by Wangechi Mutu (v artist permissions on commons:Category:Wangechi Mutu)
 * Zanele Muholi 🇿🇦 south africa
 * Esther Mahlangu
 * Athi-Patra Ruga
 * Romuald Hazoumé
 * Zak Ové

Were created since I made this list

 * Njideka Akunyili Crosby ⇭⇭⇭ (Smithsonian American Art Museum Prize ) 🇳🇬 nigeria
 * Makoko Floating School      🇳🇬 nigeria
 * John Muafangejo 🇳🇦 namibia
 * Kudzanai Chiurai 🇿🇼 zimbabwe
 * (worked on Lemonade)
 * 🇿🇦 south africa
 * pm, artist is dead, fair amount in italian too
 * gs+
 * 🇸🇳 senegal
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Not enough sources

 * Peju Alatise
 * Raphael Chikukwa
 * Haroon Gunn-Salie
 * Roelof Louw
 * Amina Menia
 * Amalia Ramanankirahina
 * Jonah (film)
 * Uche Uzorka
 * Mia Boysen 🇿🇦 south africa
 * Baudouin Mouanda 🇨🇩 congo
 * Cheikh Ndiaye 🇸🇳 senegal

Other

 * MENA Artists Month
 * WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles/Art of the Middle East


 * http://www.artnews.com/2012/09/17/beyond-the-masks/
 * http://www.frieze.com/issue/article/why-are-there-so-few-biographies-of-african-artists/
 * http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/mar/01/african-modernist-architecture

Other Africans non-Biennale?
 * Hassan Hajjaj - http://www.okayafrica.com/photos/hassan-hajjaj-kesh-angels/#slide1
 * Chris Saunders (artist) - http://www.okayafrica.com/news/chris-saunders-fashion-gangs-johannesburg-gq-style-sa/#slide1 http://www.okayafrica.com/tag/chris-saunders/
 * Chale Wote Street Art Festival - http://www.okayafrica.com/news/chale-wote-street-art-festival-accra-photos/#slide1
 * Rotimi Fani-Kayode - http://www.okayafrica.com/news/rotimi-fani-kayode-london-tiwani-contemporary/#slide1
 * J.D. ‘Okhai Ojeikere - http://www.okayafrica.com/photos/jd-okhai-ojeikere-hairstyles-photos/#slide1
 * 55th http://www.contemporaryand.com/blog/magazines/angola-marks-venice-biennale-debut-with-a-victory/ http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10632921.2015.1039740
 * Chief Nike Davies-Okundaye - http://www.okayafrica.com/news/chief-nike-davies-adire-yoruba-textile-art/#slide1
 * Nidhal Chamekh - Tunisian - mentioned https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-5-artists-to-watch-venice-biennale-2015
 * Karo Akpokiere - Nigeria, weak in CGS