YorksShonA.com
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- York’s Shona Gallery brings an incredible sense of Africa to SoHo. Highlighted in the gallery exhibits is Shona tribal art, a contemporary art form which originates from Zimbabwe. Considered one of the most important movements ever to have hailed from Africa beginning in the 1950’s, Shona art is said have been an influence in works by artist Pablo Picasso, founder of the Modernist movement. Despite a lack of formal training, the artistic skills of the Shona sculptors have been passed down by generation. Each piece of art is hand-carved, the artist himself having no pre-conceived idea of what the final outcome may be. Shona art explores the worlds of spirituality, mythology and reality, combining the three elements to convey the sentiments and experiences of humanity within the African culture. Knowledge and understanding of the stone as an essential part of the Earth gives the artist a deeply rooted spiritual connection to his work. By chiseling away the stone he is releasing the spirit trapped within. The result is an art form drawn from both reality and abstract symbolism, thus connecting the tangible world with the unseen ethereal world.
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- African Drums
- African Masks
- Asante Tribe
- Baga Serpent Sculptures
- Baule Tribe
- Bedu Mask
- Ben Apollo
- Benin Bronze
- Bobo Tribal Mask
- Bronze
- Bronze Figurines
- Burkina Faso
- Burkina Faso And Mali
- Bwa Tribal Masks
- Cameroon
- Chi Wara Headdress
- Chokwe Tribal Masks
- Clay Pots
- Colony Figures
- Congo
- Dogan Tribal Art
- Ebony Animals
- Ebony Figures
- Ebony Skeleton Figures
- Ethiopian Cross
- Fang Tribal Mask S
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- Gabon
- Gabon And Cameroon
- Ghana
- Goli Mask
- Granary Doors
- Grasslands
- Guru Tribal Masks
- India
- Ivory Coast
- Jewelry
- Joel Ndonye
- Kenya
- Kindrie Grove
- Kota Tribal Art
- Kwele Tribal Masks
- Mali
- Mali Bamana Tribe
- Marka Tribal Art
- Miscellaneous
- Moroccan Art
- Mossi Tribal Masks
- Mwanzilo Ndonye
- Ngomo
- Nyamwezi Tribal Art
- Ostrich Egg Lamps
- Paintings From India
- Pillows
- Sleeper Railwood Furniture
- Tanzania
- Unknown Artist
- West Africa Nafana Tribe
- Yorks Shona Gallery
- Zaire Jute Mats