Credit Mariane Ibrahim.
Mariane Ibrahim is single-handly spearheading the African art scene abroad—from Seattle—and it’s being talked about around the world, writes Rebecca Anne Proctor.
Testament to the Instagram culture that we live in, this summer, while flicking through a regular feed of art images, I fell in love with a particular work by Italian multimedia artist Maïmouna Guerresi. Her delicate narrative, with just one lone figure accentuated by rich red tones reminded me of a Renaissance painting.