Somali Art Appreciation

balanbalis

Soomaaliweyn ha noolato
GUYS please stop using AI, here's some legitimate Somali art to support

Somali Dawn by Bob Ward
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Unknown Russian painter
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Somali Woman by Albert Weisgerber

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Unknown artists:

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Taintedlove

Shaqo la'an ba kuu heysaata

Taintedlove

Shaqo la'an ba kuu heysaata
Somali Artist Aziz Osman

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Sana Muhsin
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Mudey Bashir Muktar

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Abdikadir awes (too beautiful to not include)

Sana Ashraf
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Lois Mailou Jones (African American artist) I think they referenced the image of the top two scouted (in mogadishu) potential actors in the early 1900s
I love how that tree (I don't know what type it is) is a common theme in these art pieces. Seeing pictures of Somalis praying, dancing or even sleeping under it makes me feel so happy and warm inside
The Office Crying GIF
 

balanbalis

Soomaaliweyn ha noolato
I love how that tree (I don't know what type it is) is a common theme in these art pieces. Seeing pictures of Somalis praying, dancing or even sleeping under it makes me feel so happy and warm inside
The Office Crying GIF
It's a type of acacia common in arid climates

I know Somali elders would sit around the tree during meetings, most notably used in issa xeer
 

balanbalis

Soomaaliweyn ha noolato
Half of these are Ajanebis and another quarter are dayuth-sporia
They're art of Somalis or by Somalis and a much better alternative to the environment-destroying AI art I see people promote. If someone wants to see Somali art, it'd be better if they interacted with genuine ones
 

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