The collective art, the only one of its kind in Ethiopia, is made up of 15 artists who are spearheading Ethiopia's contemporary art movement, shifting away from endless copies of Ethiopia's ancient Coptic Christian paintings.

Still in its infancy, the movement marks a daring shift away from the commercial art that dominates many of Ethiopia's mainstream galleries, and seeks to put the country on the map in the international art world as a source for cutting edge work.

"We're trying to say that Ethiopia is not just a place for cultural and historic and prehistoric treasures, but contemporary work too," said Desta Meghoo, an art curator living in Ethiopia. "We don't want to continue to be a footnote in art."

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