Every Month is Black History Month
Now that October has come to an end and we move onto the new festivities to come, it is important that we continue to celebrate the extraordinary imagination, talent and creativity of Black people. gowithYamo presents…Every month is Black History Month; a blog post sharing works from four Black artists whose work we find utterly beautiful.
November 10, 2021

Yinka Shonibare CBE

Yinka Shonibare is a British-Nigerian artist who is well known for his exploration of colonialism and post-colonialism within the contemporary context of globalization. Working in painting, sculpture, photography, film and installation, Shonibare’s work examines race, class and the construction of cultural identity by looking at the interwoven economic and political histories shared between Africa and Europe. The materiality of his practice is like no other, the colourful  Ankara used and consideration of the texture and history each material holds is inspiring. The artworks below appeared in Frieze London 2021 (Left) and the Royal Academy of Arts’ Summer Exhibition 2021 (Right).

Left: Unintended Sculpture (Donatello’s Habakkuk and Ife Head), 2021 | Right: Modern Magic (Studies of African Art from Picasso’s Collection) V, 2020 - 2021

Sahara Longe

Sahara Longe is a young contemporary painter whose work displays amazing technical knowledge and understanding of art history. In a true revisionist style Longe de-colonises depictions of art history by inserting black bodies into large scale canvases that reframe the presence of Black people in history and art. Having recently exhibited in the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair in October Sahara’s work hung magnificently on the walls of Somerset House.

LEFT: Fall Of Man, 2020 | RIGHT: Sally And Amadu, 2020

Daniel Onguene

Daniel Onguene is an amazing emerging Cameroon artist whose paintings have gained him international recognition. Being awarded by the Jack Bell Gallery at the age of 20 he has since exhibited at many of Cameroon’s best galleries and just recently exhibited his project Adventure Between the Ruins at the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair 2021.  

LEFT: Bobolo, 2021 | RIGHT: Beautiful as the Makossa Banana, 2021

Joana Choumali

Joana Choumali is a visual artist based in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Her practice is based primarily in conceptual photography and mixed media. Much of her work has an observational and reflective tone which focuses on the continent of Africa and its people. She captures people in a magical and intimate way that transports you into the art, yearning to find out more about the subject’s life or walk the streets of the landscapes she creates. Joana has recently exhibited works in this year’s 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair at Somerset House and the Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts.  

LEFT: Holding Those Strings, 2019 | RIGHT: Nu9 from Emotions à nu photo series

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10/11/2021
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Chioma Ince
Every Month is Black History Month
Written by
Chioma Ince
Date Published
10/11/2021
Yinka Shonibare
African Art
Sahara Longe
Daniel Onguene
Joana Choumali
Now that October has come to an end and we move onto the new festivities to come, it is important that we continue to celebrate the extraordinary imagination, talent and creativity of Black people. gowithYamo presents…Every month is Black History Month; a blog post sharing works from four Black artists whose work we find utterly beautiful.

Yinka Shonibare CBE

Yinka Shonibare is a British-Nigerian artist who is well known for his exploration of colonialism and post-colonialism within the contemporary context of globalization. Working in painting, sculpture, photography, film and installation, Shonibare’s work examines race, class and the construction of cultural identity by looking at the interwoven economic and political histories shared between Africa and Europe. The materiality of his practice is like no other, the colourful  Ankara used and consideration of the texture and history each material holds is inspiring. The artworks below appeared in Frieze London 2021 (Left) and the Royal Academy of Arts’ Summer Exhibition 2021 (Right).

Left: Unintended Sculpture (Donatello’s Habakkuk and Ife Head), 2021 | Right: Modern Magic (Studies of African Art from Picasso’s Collection) V, 2020 - 2021

Sahara Longe

Sahara Longe is a young contemporary painter whose work displays amazing technical knowledge and understanding of art history. In a true revisionist style Longe de-colonises depictions of art history by inserting black bodies into large scale canvases that reframe the presence of Black people in history and art. Having recently exhibited in the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair in October Sahara’s work hung magnificently on the walls of Somerset House.

LEFT: Fall Of Man, 2020 | RIGHT: Sally And Amadu, 2020

Daniel Onguene

Daniel Onguene is an amazing emerging Cameroon artist whose paintings have gained him international recognition. Being awarded by the Jack Bell Gallery at the age of 20 he has since exhibited at many of Cameroon’s best galleries and just recently exhibited his project Adventure Between the Ruins at the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair 2021.  

LEFT: Bobolo, 2021 | RIGHT: Beautiful as the Makossa Banana, 2021

Joana Choumali

Joana Choumali is a visual artist based in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Her practice is based primarily in conceptual photography and mixed media. Much of her work has an observational and reflective tone which focuses on the continent of Africa and its people. She captures people in a magical and intimate way that transports you into the art, yearning to find out more about the subject’s life or walk the streets of the landscapes she creates. Joana has recently exhibited works in this year’s 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair at Somerset House and the Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts.  

LEFT: Holding Those Strings, 2019 | RIGHT: Nu9 from Emotions à nu photo series

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Yinka Shonibare
African Art
Sahara Longe
Daniel Onguene
Joana Choumali
Now that October has come to an end and we move onto the new festivities to come, it is important that we continue to celebrate the extraordinary imagination, talent and creativity of Black people. gowithYamo presents…Every month is Black History Month; a blog post sharing works from four Black artists whose work we find utterly beautiful.

Yinka Shonibare CBE

Yinka Shonibare is a British-Nigerian artist who is well known for his exploration of colonialism and post-colonialism within the contemporary context of globalization. Working in painting, sculpture, photography, film and installation, Shonibare’s work examines race, class and the construction of cultural identity by looking at the interwoven economic and political histories shared between Africa and Europe. The materiality of his practice is like no other, the colourful  Ankara used and consideration of the texture and history each material holds is inspiring. The artworks below appeared in Frieze London 2021 (Left) and the Royal Academy of Arts’ Summer Exhibition 2021 (Right).

Left: Unintended Sculpture (Donatello’s Habakkuk and Ife Head), 2021 | Right: Modern Magic (Studies of African Art from Picasso’s Collection) V, 2020 - 2021

Sahara Longe

Sahara Longe is a young contemporary painter whose work displays amazing technical knowledge and understanding of art history. In a true revisionist style Longe de-colonises depictions of art history by inserting black bodies into large scale canvases that reframe the presence of Black people in history and art. Having recently exhibited in the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair in October Sahara’s work hung magnificently on the walls of Somerset House.

LEFT: Fall Of Man, 2020 | RIGHT: Sally And Amadu, 2020

Daniel Onguene

Daniel Onguene is an amazing emerging Cameroon artist whose paintings have gained him international recognition. Being awarded by the Jack Bell Gallery at the age of 20 he has since exhibited at many of Cameroon’s best galleries and just recently exhibited his project Adventure Between the Ruins at the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair 2021.  

LEFT: Bobolo, 2021 | RIGHT: Beautiful as the Makossa Banana, 2021

Joana Choumali

Joana Choumali is a visual artist based in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Her practice is based primarily in conceptual photography and mixed media. Much of her work has an observational and reflective tone which focuses on the continent of Africa and its people. She captures people in a magical and intimate way that transports you into the art, yearning to find out more about the subject’s life or walk the streets of the landscapes she creates. Joana has recently exhibited works in this year’s 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair at Somerset House and the Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts.  

LEFT: Holding Those Strings, 2019 | RIGHT: Nu9 from Emotions à nu photo series

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10/11/2021
Yinka Shonibare
African Art
Sahara Longe
Daniel Onguene
Joana Choumali
Now that October has come to an end and we move onto the new festivities to come, it is important that we continue to celebrate the extraordinary imagination, talent and creativity of Black people. gowithYamo presents…Every month is Black History Month; a blog post sharing works from four Black artists whose work we find utterly beautiful.

Yinka Shonibare CBE

Yinka Shonibare is a British-Nigerian artist who is well known for his exploration of colonialism and post-colonialism within the contemporary context of globalization. Working in painting, sculpture, photography, film and installation, Shonibare’s work examines race, class and the construction of cultural identity by looking at the interwoven economic and political histories shared between Africa and Europe. The materiality of his practice is like no other, the colourful  Ankara used and consideration of the texture and history each material holds is inspiring. The artworks below appeared in Frieze London 2021 (Left) and the Royal Academy of Arts’ Summer Exhibition 2021 (Right).

Left: Unintended Sculpture (Donatello’s Habakkuk and Ife Head), 2021 | Right: Modern Magic (Studies of African Art from Picasso’s Collection) V, 2020 - 2021

Sahara Longe

Sahara Longe is a young contemporary painter whose work displays amazing technical knowledge and understanding of art history. In a true revisionist style Longe de-colonises depictions of art history by inserting black bodies into large scale canvases that reframe the presence of Black people in history and art. Having recently exhibited in the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair in October Sahara’s work hung magnificently on the walls of Somerset House.

LEFT: Fall Of Man, 2020 | RIGHT: Sally And Amadu, 2020

Daniel Onguene

Daniel Onguene is an amazing emerging Cameroon artist whose paintings have gained him international recognition. Being awarded by the Jack Bell Gallery at the age of 20 he has since exhibited at many of Cameroon’s best galleries and just recently exhibited his project Adventure Between the Ruins at the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair 2021.  

LEFT: Bobolo, 2021 | RIGHT: Beautiful as the Makossa Banana, 2021

Joana Choumali

Joana Choumali is a visual artist based in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Her practice is based primarily in conceptual photography and mixed media. Much of her work has an observational and reflective tone which focuses on the continent of Africa and its people. She captures people in a magical and intimate way that transports you into the art, yearning to find out more about the subject’s life or walk the streets of the landscapes she creates. Joana has recently exhibited works in this year’s 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair at Somerset House and the Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts.  

LEFT: Holding Those Strings, 2019 | RIGHT: Nu9 from Emotions à nu photo series

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Every Month is Black History Month
Written by
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Date Published
10/11/2021
Yinka Shonibare
African Art
Sahara Longe
Daniel Onguene
Joana Choumali
Now that October has come to an end and we move onto the new festivities to come, it is important that we continue to celebrate the extraordinary imagination, talent and creativity of Black people. gowithYamo presents…Every month is Black History Month; a blog post sharing works from four Black artists whose work we find utterly beautiful.

Yinka Shonibare CBE

Yinka Shonibare is a British-Nigerian artist who is well known for his exploration of colonialism and post-colonialism within the contemporary context of globalization. Working in painting, sculpture, photography, film and installation, Shonibare’s work examines race, class and the construction of cultural identity by looking at the interwoven economic and political histories shared between Africa and Europe. The materiality of his practice is like no other, the colourful  Ankara used and consideration of the texture and history each material holds is inspiring. The artworks below appeared in Frieze London 2021 (Left) and the Royal Academy of Arts’ Summer Exhibition 2021 (Right).

Left: Unintended Sculpture (Donatello’s Habakkuk and Ife Head), 2021 | Right: Modern Magic (Studies of African Art from Picasso’s Collection) V, 2020 - 2021

Sahara Longe

Sahara Longe is a young contemporary painter whose work displays amazing technical knowledge and understanding of art history. In a true revisionist style Longe de-colonises depictions of art history by inserting black bodies into large scale canvases that reframe the presence of Black people in history and art. Having recently exhibited in the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair in October Sahara’s work hung magnificently on the walls of Somerset House.

LEFT: Fall Of Man, 2020 | RIGHT: Sally And Amadu, 2020

Daniel Onguene

Daniel Onguene is an amazing emerging Cameroon artist whose paintings have gained him international recognition. Being awarded by the Jack Bell Gallery at the age of 20 he has since exhibited at many of Cameroon’s best galleries and just recently exhibited his project Adventure Between the Ruins at the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair 2021.  

LEFT: Bobolo, 2021 | RIGHT: Beautiful as the Makossa Banana, 2021

Joana Choumali

Joana Choumali is a visual artist based in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Her practice is based primarily in conceptual photography and mixed media. Much of her work has an observational and reflective tone which focuses on the continent of Africa and its people. She captures people in a magical and intimate way that transports you into the art, yearning to find out more about the subject’s life or walk the streets of the landscapes she creates. Joana has recently exhibited works in this year’s 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair at Somerset House and the Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts.  

LEFT: Holding Those Strings, 2019 | RIGHT: Nu9 from Emotions à nu photo series

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Every Month is Black History Month
Written by
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10/11/2021
Yinka Shonibare
African Art
Sahara Longe
Daniel Onguene
Joana Choumali
Now that October has come to an end and we move onto the new festivities to come, it is important that we continue to celebrate the extraordinary imagination, talent and creativity of Black people. gowithYamo presents…Every month is Black History Month; a blog post sharing works from four Black artists whose work we find utterly beautiful.

Yinka Shonibare CBE

Yinka Shonibare is a British-Nigerian artist who is well known for his exploration of colonialism and post-colonialism within the contemporary context of globalization. Working in painting, sculpture, photography, film and installation, Shonibare’s work examines race, class and the construction of cultural identity by looking at the interwoven economic and political histories shared between Africa and Europe. The materiality of his practice is like no other, the colourful  Ankara used and consideration of the texture and history each material holds is inspiring. The artworks below appeared in Frieze London 2021 (Left) and the Royal Academy of Arts’ Summer Exhibition 2021 (Right).

Left: Unintended Sculpture (Donatello’s Habakkuk and Ife Head), 2021 | Right: Modern Magic (Studies of African Art from Picasso’s Collection) V, 2020 - 2021

Sahara Longe

Sahara Longe is a young contemporary painter whose work displays amazing technical knowledge and understanding of art history. In a true revisionist style Longe de-colonises depictions of art history by inserting black bodies into large scale canvases that reframe the presence of Black people in history and art. Having recently exhibited in the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair in October Sahara’s work hung magnificently on the walls of Somerset House.

LEFT: Fall Of Man, 2020 | RIGHT: Sally And Amadu, 2020

Daniel Onguene

Daniel Onguene is an amazing emerging Cameroon artist whose paintings have gained him international recognition. Being awarded by the Jack Bell Gallery at the age of 20 he has since exhibited at many of Cameroon’s best galleries and just recently exhibited his project Adventure Between the Ruins at the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair 2021.  

LEFT: Bobolo, 2021 | RIGHT: Beautiful as the Makossa Banana, 2021

Joana Choumali

Joana Choumali is a visual artist based in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Her practice is based primarily in conceptual photography and mixed media. Much of her work has an observational and reflective tone which focuses on the continent of Africa and its people. She captures people in a magical and intimate way that transports you into the art, yearning to find out more about the subject’s life or walk the streets of the landscapes she creates. Joana has recently exhibited works in this year’s 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair at Somerset House and the Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts.  

LEFT: Holding Those Strings, 2019 | RIGHT: Nu9 from Emotions à nu photo series

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10/11/2021
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Every Month is Black History Month

Yinka Shonibare CBE

Yinka Shonibare is a British-Nigerian artist who is well known for his exploration of colonialism and post-colonialism within the contemporary context of globalization. Working in painting, sculpture, photography, film and installation, Shonibare’s work examines race, class and the construction of cultural identity by looking at the interwoven economic and political histories shared between Africa and Europe. The materiality of his practice is like no other, the colourful  Ankara used and consideration of the texture and history each material holds is inspiring. The artworks below appeared in Frieze London 2021 (Left) and the Royal Academy of Arts’ Summer Exhibition 2021 (Right).

Left: Unintended Sculpture (Donatello’s Habakkuk and Ife Head), 2021 | Right: Modern Magic (Studies of African Art from Picasso’s Collection) V, 2020 - 2021

Sahara Longe

Sahara Longe is a young contemporary painter whose work displays amazing technical knowledge and understanding of art history. In a true revisionist style Longe de-colonises depictions of art history by inserting black bodies into large scale canvases that reframe the presence of Black people in history and art. Having recently exhibited in the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair in October Sahara’s work hung magnificently on the walls of Somerset House.

LEFT: Fall Of Man, 2020 | RIGHT: Sally And Amadu, 2020

Daniel Onguene

Daniel Onguene is an amazing emerging Cameroon artist whose paintings have gained him international recognition. Being awarded by the Jack Bell Gallery at the age of 20 he has since exhibited at many of Cameroon’s best galleries and just recently exhibited his project Adventure Between the Ruins at the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair 2021.  

LEFT: Bobolo, 2021 | RIGHT: Beautiful as the Makossa Banana, 2021

Joana Choumali

Joana Choumali is a visual artist based in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Her practice is based primarily in conceptual photography and mixed media. Much of her work has an observational and reflective tone which focuses on the continent of Africa and its people. She captures people in a magical and intimate way that transports you into the art, yearning to find out more about the subject’s life or walk the streets of the landscapes she creates. Joana has recently exhibited works in this year’s 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair at Somerset House and the Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts.  

LEFT: Holding Those Strings, 2019 | RIGHT: Nu9 from Emotions à nu photo series

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Date Published
10/11/2021
Yinka Shonibare
African Art
Sahara Longe
Daniel Onguene
Joana Choumali
Now that October has come to an end and we move onto the new festivities to come, it is important that we continue to celebrate the extraordinary imagination, talent and creativity of Black people. gowithYamo presents…Every month is Black History Month; a blog post sharing works from four Black artists whose work we find utterly beautiful.

Yinka Shonibare CBE

Yinka Shonibare is a British-Nigerian artist who is well known for his exploration of colonialism and post-colonialism within the contemporary context of globalization. Working in painting, sculpture, photography, film and installation, Shonibare’s work examines race, class and the construction of cultural identity by looking at the interwoven economic and political histories shared between Africa and Europe. The materiality of his practice is like no other, the colourful  Ankara used and consideration of the texture and history each material holds is inspiring. The artworks below appeared in Frieze London 2021 (Left) and the Royal Academy of Arts’ Summer Exhibition 2021 (Right).

Left: Unintended Sculpture (Donatello’s Habakkuk and Ife Head), 2021 | Right: Modern Magic (Studies of African Art from Picasso’s Collection) V, 2020 - 2021

Sahara Longe

Sahara Longe is a young contemporary painter whose work displays amazing technical knowledge and understanding of art history. In a true revisionist style Longe de-colonises depictions of art history by inserting black bodies into large scale canvases that reframe the presence of Black people in history and art. Having recently exhibited in the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair in October Sahara’s work hung magnificently on the walls of Somerset House.

LEFT: Fall Of Man, 2020 | RIGHT: Sally And Amadu, 2020

Daniel Onguene

Daniel Onguene is an amazing emerging Cameroon artist whose paintings have gained him international recognition. Being awarded by the Jack Bell Gallery at the age of 20 he has since exhibited at many of Cameroon’s best galleries and just recently exhibited his project Adventure Between the Ruins at the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair 2021.  

LEFT: Bobolo, 2021 | RIGHT: Beautiful as the Makossa Banana, 2021

Joana Choumali

Joana Choumali is a visual artist based in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Her practice is based primarily in conceptual photography and mixed media. Much of her work has an observational and reflective tone which focuses on the continent of Africa and its people. She captures people in a magical and intimate way that transports you into the art, yearning to find out more about the subject’s life or walk the streets of the landscapes she creates. Joana has recently exhibited works in this year’s 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair at Somerset House and the Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts.  

LEFT: Holding Those Strings, 2019 | RIGHT: Nu9 from Emotions à nu photo series

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Now that October has come to an end and we move onto the new festivities to come, it is important that we continue to celebrate the extraordinary imagination, talent and creativity of Black people. gowithYamo presents…Every month is Black History Month; a blog post sharing works from four Black artists whose work we find utterly beautiful.
10/11/2021
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Chioma Ince

Yinka Shonibare CBE

Yinka Shonibare is a British-Nigerian artist who is well known for his exploration of colonialism and post-colonialism within the contemporary context of globalization. Working in painting, sculpture, photography, film and installation, Shonibare’s work examines race, class and the construction of cultural identity by looking at the interwoven economic and political histories shared between Africa and Europe. The materiality of his practice is like no other, the colourful  Ankara used and consideration of the texture and history each material holds is inspiring. The artworks below appeared in Frieze London 2021 (Left) and the Royal Academy of Arts’ Summer Exhibition 2021 (Right).

Left: Unintended Sculpture (Donatello’s Habakkuk and Ife Head), 2021 | Right: Modern Magic (Studies of African Art from Picasso’s Collection) V, 2020 - 2021

Sahara Longe

Sahara Longe is a young contemporary painter whose work displays amazing technical knowledge and understanding of art history. In a true revisionist style Longe de-colonises depictions of art history by inserting black bodies into large scale canvases that reframe the presence of Black people in history and art. Having recently exhibited in the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair in October Sahara’s work hung magnificently on the walls of Somerset House.

LEFT: Fall Of Man, 2020 | RIGHT: Sally And Amadu, 2020

Daniel Onguene

Daniel Onguene is an amazing emerging Cameroon artist whose paintings have gained him international recognition. Being awarded by the Jack Bell Gallery at the age of 20 he has since exhibited at many of Cameroon’s best galleries and just recently exhibited his project Adventure Between the Ruins at the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair 2021.  

LEFT: Bobolo, 2021 | RIGHT: Beautiful as the Makossa Banana, 2021

Joana Choumali

Joana Choumali is a visual artist based in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Her practice is based primarily in conceptual photography and mixed media. Much of her work has an observational and reflective tone which focuses on the continent of Africa and its people. She captures people in a magical and intimate way that transports you into the art, yearning to find out more about the subject’s life or walk the streets of the landscapes she creates. Joana has recently exhibited works in this year’s 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair at Somerset House and the Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts.  

LEFT: Holding Those Strings, 2019 | RIGHT: Nu9 from Emotions à nu photo series

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Every Month is Black History Month
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Yinka Shonibare
African Art
Sahara Longe
Daniel Onguene
Joana Choumali
10/11/2021
Discussions
Chioma Ince
Now that October has come to an end and we move onto the new festivities to come, it is important that we continue to celebrate the extraordinary imagination, talent and creativity of Black people. gowithYamo presents…Every month is Black History Month; a blog post sharing works from four Black artists whose work we find utterly beautiful.

Yinka Shonibare CBE

Yinka Shonibare is a British-Nigerian artist who is well known for his exploration of colonialism and post-colonialism within the contemporary context of globalization. Working in painting, sculpture, photography, film and installation, Shonibare’s work examines race, class and the construction of cultural identity by looking at the interwoven economic and political histories shared between Africa and Europe. The materiality of his practice is like no other, the colourful  Ankara used and consideration of the texture and history each material holds is inspiring. The artworks below appeared in Frieze London 2021 (Left) and the Royal Academy of Arts’ Summer Exhibition 2021 (Right).

Left: Unintended Sculpture (Donatello’s Habakkuk and Ife Head), 2021 | Right: Modern Magic (Studies of African Art from Picasso’s Collection) V, 2020 - 2021

Sahara Longe

Sahara Longe is a young contemporary painter whose work displays amazing technical knowledge and understanding of art history. In a true revisionist style Longe de-colonises depictions of art history by inserting black bodies into large scale canvases that reframe the presence of Black people in history and art. Having recently exhibited in the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair in October Sahara’s work hung magnificently on the walls of Somerset House.

LEFT: Fall Of Man, 2020 | RIGHT: Sally And Amadu, 2020

Daniel Onguene

Daniel Onguene is an amazing emerging Cameroon artist whose paintings have gained him international recognition. Being awarded by the Jack Bell Gallery at the age of 20 he has since exhibited at many of Cameroon’s best galleries and just recently exhibited his project Adventure Between the Ruins at the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair 2021.  

LEFT: Bobolo, 2021 | RIGHT: Beautiful as the Makossa Banana, 2021

Joana Choumali

Joana Choumali is a visual artist based in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Her practice is based primarily in conceptual photography and mixed media. Much of her work has an observational and reflective tone which focuses on the continent of Africa and its people. She captures people in a magical and intimate way that transports you into the art, yearning to find out more about the subject’s life or walk the streets of the landscapes she creates. Joana has recently exhibited works in this year’s 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair at Somerset House and the Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts.  

LEFT: Holding Those Strings, 2019 | RIGHT: Nu9 from Emotions à nu photo series

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Now that October has come to an end and we move onto the new festivities to come, it is important that we continue to celebrate the extraordinary imagination, talent and creativity of Black people. gowithYamo presents…Every month is Black History Month; a blog post sharing works from four Black artists whose work we find utterly beautiful.

Yinka Shonibare CBE

Yinka Shonibare is a British-Nigerian artist who is well known for his exploration of colonialism and post-colonialism within the contemporary context of globalization. Working in painting, sculpture, photography, film and installation, Shonibare’s work examines race, class and the construction of cultural identity by looking at the interwoven economic and political histories shared between Africa and Europe. The materiality of his practice is like no other, the colourful  Ankara used and consideration of the texture and history each material holds is inspiring. The artworks below appeared in Frieze London 2021 (Left) and the Royal Academy of Arts’ Summer Exhibition 2021 (Right).

Left: Unintended Sculpture (Donatello’s Habakkuk and Ife Head), 2021 | Right: Modern Magic (Studies of African Art from Picasso’s Collection) V, 2020 - 2021

Sahara Longe

Sahara Longe is a young contemporary painter whose work displays amazing technical knowledge and understanding of art history. In a true revisionist style Longe de-colonises depictions of art history by inserting black bodies into large scale canvases that reframe the presence of Black people in history and art. Having recently exhibited in the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair in October Sahara’s work hung magnificently on the walls of Somerset House.

LEFT: Fall Of Man, 2020 | RIGHT: Sally And Amadu, 2020

Daniel Onguene

Daniel Onguene is an amazing emerging Cameroon artist whose paintings have gained him international recognition. Being awarded by the Jack Bell Gallery at the age of 20 he has since exhibited at many of Cameroon’s best galleries and just recently exhibited his project Adventure Between the Ruins at the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair 2021.  

LEFT: Bobolo, 2021 | RIGHT: Beautiful as the Makossa Banana, 2021

Joana Choumali

Joana Choumali is a visual artist based in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Her practice is based primarily in conceptual photography and mixed media. Much of her work has an observational and reflective tone which focuses on the continent of Africa and its people. She captures people in a magical and intimate way that transports you into the art, yearning to find out more about the subject’s life or walk the streets of the landscapes she creates. Joana has recently exhibited works in this year’s 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair at Somerset House and the Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts.  

LEFT: Holding Those Strings, 2019 | RIGHT: Nu9 from Emotions à nu photo series

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