Mouminatou Thiaw

Mouminatou Thiaw

Scripps College

Mouminatou Thiaw

Project

Creative African Arts: Visual Love Languages for Africanity

  • Indonesia
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  • Kenya
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  • Tanzania
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  • Côte d’Ivore
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  • Ghana
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  • South Africa
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  • France
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  • Germany

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I traveled across three continents seeking visual arts in Subsaharan Africa through context, content, form and style; spotlighting formal elements of art as a Visual Love Language for Africanity, and emphasizing the creativity of re-presenting through art, especially to encourage critical thinking and disassemble binary thinking about race.

Mouminatou Thiaw traveling with the Watson Foundation
Mouminatou Thiaw traveling with the Watson Foundation
Mouminatou Thiaw traveling with the Watson Foundation
Mouminatou Thiaw traveling with the Watson Foundation
Mouminatou Thiaw traveling with the Watson Foundation
Mouminatou Thiaw traveling with the Watson Foundation
Mouminatou Thiaw traveling with the Watson Foundation
Mouminatou Thiaw traveling with the Watson Foundation
Mouminatou Thiaw traveling with the Watson Foundation
Mouminatou Thiaw traveling with the Watson Foundation