Contemporary Art from Africa & the Diaspora
by Ladun Ogidan
Cheri Samba, College de la Sagesse, 2005, acrylic on canvas, 80 x 100cm. Estimate £12,000 – £15,000. Image: The Auction Room
On October 20, The Auction Room will host its Contemporary Art from Africa & the Diaspora sales online at theauctionroom.com from 2pm UK time. The auction features fifty-two lots from a careful selection of well-known artists from Africa including Julien Sinzogan, Romuald Hazoumé, Bruce Onobrakpeya, Ephrem Solomon and Owusu-Ankomah, as well as African artists from the diaspora, including Chris Ofili, Sokari Douglas Camp, and Cullen Washington Jr.
London-based Ghanaian artist Lynette Yiadom-Boakye highlights this year’s sales with Cemetery, a 2010 oil on canvas, measuring 200 x 160 cm. The painting is estimated between £36,000 – £55,000.
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- Owusu-Ankomah, Microcron Begins No.23, 2014, acrylic on canvas, 100 x 90cm. Estimate £7,000 – £9,000. Image: The Auction Room
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- Aimé Mpane, Ikono Jeremiah 82, 2014, acrylic mixed media on wood, 30 x 31cm. Image: Auction Room
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- Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, Cemetery, 2010, oil on canvas, 200 x 160cm. Estimate £36,000 – £55,000. Image: The Auction Room
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- Ibrahim Mahama, Untitled, 2013, Jute sacks / wax cloth, dimensions variable. Image: The Auction Room
The Contemporary Art from Africa & the Diaspora auction is part of the programmes of Africa-related arts events to be held by The Auction Room this October at Ely House, during Frieze week, and to coincide with 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair.
Ladun Ogidan
Ladun Ogidan is the Deputy Editor of Omenka Africa’s first art, business and luxury- lifestyle magazine. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mass Communication from Covenant University, Nigeria. Ogidan is also Operations Manager at the Omenka Gallery, and Chief Operating Officer at Revilo Company Limited, a leading art publishing company in Lagos. She has co-ordinated several exhibitions at home and abroad.
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