User:Kathryn 102/African design

Modern Music and Clothing
Africa as a whole is made up of many different and diverse cultures and has inspired many different fashions and music styles. African imagery can be seen a lot in black communities throughout the world, for example, Europe and North America.


 * Kerby Jean-Raymond a Haitian-American designer who works with fashion and form, the main focus being street fashion and street wear to create unique forms and shape. His brand name is Pyer Moss. The brand saw a growth spurt in 2015 caused by collaborating with sports.


 * Yinka Shonibare is an British-Nigerian artist who works with sculptural forms. Influences of African design can be seen in the print style, pattern, and color of the fabrics chosen in each sculpture made. There is a Victorian era twist that takes place with leads to the commentary of colonization and colonialism that took place in African when world powers were expanding.


 * Afro-Punk or Afro Punk Festival is a popular festival where afrocentric alternative fashion and culture is celebrated and first came to be in 2005. Afro beat is a popular music type played at the festival which takes great influence of West African music and American Jazz as well as Soul and Funk music. Many different elements from African diverse cultures take form in Afro punk music and clothing style, a big focus is on reclaiming the natural look of Afrocentric hairstyles and hair types which is looked down upon in Eurocentric beauty standers of then and today.

Art
African art has many characteristics, the most prevalent visuals in African are is elongated necks, enlarged heads with embellishments such as jewelry and unique hair styles, this changes from region to region.