Artists & Artisans

Black Art and Artisanry, and work by our favorite artists from around the world. Curated by AphroChic Editors.
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Dave the Potter - Edgefield District, SC
Dave the Potter or David Drake is one of the most significant and compelling but understudied artists in the history of American art. Born a slave in South Carolina, Dave was both a master potter and a master poet, and he gained fame decorating massive stoneware storage jars with short couplets.
pppots:  craftkammer:  Dave the Potter c1860 Inscription is of a man with a hat and boots,  possibly reads “Dave”  Dave the Potter  Large ceramic vessels were a necessity on the large plantations of antebellum South. Most were made by slave labor, in potteries. The slaves were typically from pottery-producing regions in Africa, but occasionally were “country-born” slaves. These vessels were utilitarian in nature, and never signed, as most slaves were illiterate. Unusually, there is one slave ...

David Drake

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Yvette Mayorga, “Scorpion After Ouvrière en Porcelaine” (2023), collage, mirror, scorpion belt buckle, toy hammers, and acrylic piping on panel, 80 x 43 inches
Yvette Mayorga, “ICE ICE LADY” (2017), acrylic piping on canvas, 20 inches in diameter
Yvette Mayorga, “American Urn 3 Here (After Madame Victoire vases at Château de Versailles)” (2021), acrylic piping and collage on canvas, 42 1/2 x 30 3/4 x 2 1/2 inches (image courtesy the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum)

Yvette Mayorga

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Aaron Douglas (American, 1899-1979). The Prodigal Son in God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse by James Weldon Johnson, 1927. Lit...

Aaron Douglas

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Saatchi Art is pleased to offer the painting, "Giving In," by Abi Salami, sold and originally listed for $3,210 USD. Original Painting: Acrylic on Canvas. Size is 48 H x 36 W x 1.5 in.

Abi Salami

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Adrienne Elise Tarver

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alex gardner on Instagram: “Couple of cuties I got amongst 6 other works at Volta w @newimageart I'm out here tryna infiltrate. Who going to the @thearmoryshow and…”

Alex Gardner

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"Two Girls in Spanish Harlem," Alice Neel. Such a boss with oil paints.

Alice Neel

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Alma Thomas

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Amoako Boafo

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Find Your Way Back Home: Aminah Robinson’s Lessons of Grounding Community in Art - Tacoma Art Museum

Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson

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Amira Rahim's Colorful Abstract Paintings - AphroChic | Modern Global Interior Decorating
Amira Rahim's Colorful Abstract Paintings - AphroChic | Modern Global Interior Decorating
Amira Rahim's Colorful Abstract Paintings - AphroChic | Modern Global Interior Decorating

Amira Rahim

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Amy Sherald

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Ceramicist, Andile Dyalvane, AphroChic Magazine, Issue 3 #aphrochic #aphrochicmag #art #ceramics #artisan

Andile Dyalvane

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Crowns of Color by @Andrea Pippins on AphroChic

Andrea Pippins

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Arcmanoro Niles

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Augusta Savage

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Ayana V. Jackson — nataal.com

Ayana V. Jackson

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"Paris, Je t'aime" Framed Art Print for Sale by 4ur3lia
"Mixed" Framed Art Print for Sale by 4ur3lia

Aurélia Durand

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Barkley L Hendricks

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Betye Saar

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Benny Bing

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South African artist Bambo Sibiya featured in #AphroChic magazine
South African artist Bambo Sibiya featured in #AphroChic magazine
South African artist Bambo Sibiya featured in #AphroChic magazine

Bambo Sibiya

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Billie Zangewa was one of the featured artists at the Joburg Art Fair with 'The Garden'. In her mind she has been playing with different…
Billie Zangewa’s Tableaus of Togetherness

Billie Zangewa

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Bisa Butler

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2 Brooklyn Dolly's African-American Prints
Brooklyn Dolly portrait
Brooklyn Dolly (Erin Robinson) "Amber Sun"

Brooklyn Dolly

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