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[ 9 Dec 2011 | 4 Comments | 39,225 views]

From the exaggerated lipstick used by topless models at London Fashion Week to the paintings of Picasso and Matisse, African artists have continually defined and redefined the trajectory of Western art since the Renaissance.
According to Denise Murrell, a PhD student and researcher at the Department of Art History and Archaeology, Columbia University:
“In the contemporary postcolonial era, the influence of traditional African aesthetics and processes is …