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Be Humble by Nelson Makamo
1:54, the international art fair dedicated to contemporary African art has returned to London in celebration to its fifth edition between 5-8 October 2017 at Sommerset House.With 42 leading galleries from 17 countries across Europe, Africa, the Middle East and North America, the fair has presented diverse work from over 130 emerging and established artists. Here are some highlights of the art fair:

Piece by Nelson Makamo
Born in South Africa, Nelson Makamo is a storyteller of lives within the urban sprawl, he captures humanity’s routine with an acute sensitivity.

Here Forever by Nelson Makamo

Bonded. Life by Nelson Makamo

Kgoro (council sitting) by Nelson Makamo

See no evil, hear no evil, speal no evil by Nelson Makamo

See no evil, hear no evil, speal no evil by Nelson Makamo

Poise by Nelson Makamo

You Will Remember Those Things That Come Naturally by Temitayo Ogunbiyi

Nyjur by Alexis Peskine

Nyjur by Alexis Peskine

Nyjur by Alexis Peskine

Piece by Mary Sibande
Mary Sibande’s work not only engages as an interrogator of the current intersections of race, gender, and labour in South Africa but continues to actively rewrite her own family’s legacy of forced work imposed by the then Apartheid State.

Admiration of the Purple Figure by Mary Sibande
Sibande employs the human form as a vehicle through painting and sculpture, to explore the construction of identity in a postcolonial South African context, but also attempts to critique stereotypical depictions of women, particularly black women in our society.

Weilding the Collision of the Past, Present and Future by Mary Sibande

Black Kunta IV by Maïmouna Guerresi

Passage 8 by Mohau Modisakeng

Painting by Paul Onditi

A dream, Strelitzia and white ocean foamby Athi-Patra Ruga

Painting by Addis Gezehagn

The Creative Block

Wosene Worke Kosrof

Salut les copines by Vincent Michéa

Photograph by Lakin Ogunbanwo

Lefa 6 by Mohau Modisakeng

Constellation VI by Lina Inis Victor

Ponta do Ouro V by Henk Serfontein

Ernest Duku

Awale schuffle @l’enigme des enlacement by Ernest Duku

K.N.H.R équilibre Kamaatawale @Boson interdit by Ernest Duku