African Art is a means to grasp a glimpse of the powerful and deep customs and way of life in Africa - past and present. The history of Africa goes beyond the time when man first started to record events down in hieroglyphs. African Art brims deep insight into the African world. It is not only portraying a traditional and cultural side but also has much about it much of the avant-garde. They first started gathering African masks in the early 1920s because they felt a certain affinity towards these masks and they reminds them of archetypal human shapes and figures which, according to the known physiologist Carl Jung, still lurks deep in our unconscious mind.
African art expresses a traditional, cultural and mystical message.
The display of natural bright colours. Paranormal artistic prowess in shapes and forms. How stages have been represented and the African heritage being maintained is also what characterizes African art. Colours have a lot to express to the eyes and soul. Shapes that evokes the mind and brings out the true human concept from within and this has first being evident in typical African masks leading to Picasso's style called cubism.