4 Contemporary African Art Gift Ideas for Father's Day

4 Contemporary African Art Gift Ideas for Father's Day

For many people, their first superhero is their father, and Father’s Day is a reminder to celebrate the fathers in our lives and show appreciation for the love, advice, sacrifice, and support they are ever ready to provide. To many others, fathers are the symbol of strength that binds the entire family together, working tirelessly to support the whole family economically and morally. But every Father’s Day, the same question comes up -- “what can I get dad for Father’s Day?” If you are undecided and need ideas, you’ve come to the right place! 

Often you hear people say, “oh, it’s hard to shop for gifts for men” or “men’s gift ideas are usually too expensive or over the top”. But if you think about it well enough, you just may not be thinking outside the box well enough. So here’s a grand idea -- buy him art! Yes, African wall art that will communicate to him and everyone in the vicinity your high esteem and love for your father or that expresses something he holds dear. What’s more? Purchasing art for your father is another way of buying him an investment because art appreciates and becomes a collector’s item as the years go by. Going by the current trajectory of the global art market, contemporary African art is receiving a lot of attention from art dealers, experts, curators, auctioneers, and collectors, and investing in them is sure to bring immense returns in the near future.

So how do you purchase contemporary African wall art as a father’s Day gift at such short notice? You are in luck as Aworanka, the online art gallery aggregator has a wide collection of authentic African art pieces ranging from sculptures, paintings, collages, and metalwork that can be purchased through a secure online payment process and shipped to anywhere you want in the world. Each piece has the information of the artist who created it and comes with international certificate authentication. 

For starters, here are four contemporary African art pieces from Aworanka’s listings that will absolutely befit your father or father figure this Father’s Day.

1. "Dowl (Mrk)" by Bruce Onobrakpeya

This is a metal foil painting by the legendary Nigerian printmaker, painter, and sculptor Bruce Onobrakpeya whose works have been exhibited at the Tate Modern in London, the National Museum of African Art of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., and the Malmö Konsthall in Malmö, Sweden. It will make the perfect gift to symbolize the stability and protection a father brings to the family.

2. “Jolly Good Fellow” by Nike Okundaye and Tola Wewe

This ink and acrylic collaborative piece by Nike Okundaye, the famous “Mama Nike”, founder of the foremost West African art and cultural institution and tourist destination, Nike Art Gallery, and her cousin Tola Wewe, an accomplished artist whose works have been exhibited across Europe and the U.S.

3.  “Study of a Mask” by Ben Osawe

This is a work on paper - pastel piece created by Nigeria's most iconic sculptor, Ben Osawe, in 1986. Osawe was taught by his father who was a royal palace sculptor in the court of the Oba of Benin, Oba Eweka II. This art piece speaks to the role of a guardian and tutor a father plays in the life of their children and will be the best gift to tell your father you are grateful for his guidance and lessons.

4. "Wole Shoyinka" by Luke Osaro

Wole Soyinka is the first African literature Nobel laureate and his wooly snow-white afro hair and bespectacled profile are synonymous with age-old wisdom and fountain of knowledge. This piece communicates to your father that you appreciate the wisdom of the elders he's imparted in you.

These original African art pieces and more can be accessed and purchased from the Aworanka online platform with the steps involved from identification to payment explained in easy-to-follow and clear terms.

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