Jujus Wedding

Skunder Boghossian (1937-2003) is by far the most exhaustively investigated modernist artist in Africa. Beyond his contributions to the progressions of modernism in Ethiopia his understanding and appreciation of the roles of African spiritual and cultural symbols and mythologies and the use of these symbols in his works makes them genuinely African. Additionally, such an approach served to define the unique and living aesthetics behind the ‘-ism’. Boghossian’s works communicate orientations and philosophy of African life in challenging the mechanical application of Western narratives in African settings. As such, he is known for his approaches to questioning or even blurring the boundaries between what is referred to as African and Western art through his freedom in choosing his subject matter and style.