Tanzanian Black Art African Artist Hussein Saidi
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                     About HUSSEIN SAIDI

Combine the creativity of an introspective African artist meeting the abundance of intellectual freedom in the United States and you get the result of Hussein Saidi's contemporary African paintings.

Having lived now for almost fifteen years with his American family near Washington, D.C. on the border of Maryland, Hussein is an example of a perfected painter. The impact of the culture of the United States has affectively layered over some of the memories of his growing up in Tanga, Tanzania, East Africa, affecting his style in such a way that his paintings take on aspects of American culture, as well as African culture.

                       

Hussein's earlier paintings were much more African art theme based, using colorful acrylics, a common trait used in African paintings. Later, as Hussein's growth matured and his skills became more daring, he mixed a collage of natural materials including banana tree bark, leaves and husks. These were often sewn delicately into his African artwork or woven into other materials in the collage. The natural materials are often shredded, burned or hand dyed out, protected with museum style conservation and varnish. His subjects were enriched with these elements of nature and became more alive, giving his figures 3-D style movement and the paintings themselves rawer, more emotional projections.

Hussein's Black art paintings posted here on True African Art .com reflect scenes of the United States, especially its Autumn seasons and Jazz club scene. Explaining his transitional style from African art to Black art, Hussein Saidi, 40 years young, personally told us that he "develops as an artist when I develop first as a person."

Of his Black art paintings, Hussein Saidi told us, "I'm not doing this by luck. It's a gift, thus I have to be true to the reason of my art. If I create one piece and everyone likes it, I won't try to create the same piece over and over just because they are popular. I want each African painting to be something that I personally believe in, something that is original, not inspired by popularity. So I follow my instincts and keep on painting. The style might be similar but I don't want the particular artwork to be similar. I have to keep developing my art as I develop as a person. And I don't remain the same, none of us ever should. That's how we fulfill who we were meant to be."

In our interview, we pushed this idea further and asked Hussein, what is the finality with your contemporary African art? What is the end result for your art as a collective work? Hussein responded simply, "If I remain true to my art, then my final goal is a mystery until my last day. There is no such goal for me to know, but if anything, short term wise and practically speaking, I hope that my clients look for me now rather than me looking for them."

Saidi was selected for the US Department of State's "Homage to African-American Artists" Calendar and was given the Award of Merit at the Festival of the Masters in Orlando, Florida in addition to lecturing at Penn State University to its art students.

Finally, Saidi's African artwork was featured on the cover of Sunshine Artist's Magazine with a full article spread devoted to his skill and uniqueness in the field.

Hussein Saidi has a plethora of other awards and honors that he has achieved in his short time of working as a full time artist. Any art enthusiast or collector should see it to verify his Black art's quality and acknowledgment in the art circles around the world.
                                                                           

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