We had two different three course lunches with paired wines. My daughter ordered a la carte. It is hard to descirbe the brilliance and complexity of each dish - all a combination of various temperatures, flavors and textures. My eel starter was sushi quality. Visually, all the dishes were stunning. This was probably one of the best meals I have ever eaten. Location is excellent for anyone in Antwerp for the day.
African Art in Antwerp history
Share this news with your friends:PRICE LOWERED TO 120€ Join some African Art collectors for an unforgettable day.
Learn how African Art entered famous collections through Antwerp in the early 1920's, a lunch with a Top Chief and an invitation to a guided tour in the MAS Antwerp's newest and biggest museum with the African Art conservator Els de Palmenaer .
A special invitation to discover African Art in Antwerp history for 15 of you to join David Norden in Antwerp on a very special day
EVENT Date: Tuesday 7 june 2011 from 10 a.m till 5 p.m.
Dear $email,
Already in 1937 the town of Antwerp asked Frans Olbrechts, the noted African art scholar, to organise a massive exhibition of Congolese art. The Tentoonstelling van Kongo-Kunst showed 1525 objects made in the Belgian Congo alongside an array of contemporary art "inspired through the Congo" in addition to a significant quantity of historic documents proclaiming to Antwerp's rank as "the first African colonial market" (Petridis 2001: 173).
This
40, 5 cm XVIIth Songye
rubbed with palm oil is one of the 600 objects sold to the city Antwerp in 1920
by Henry Pareyn and one of the many treasures to be seen in the MAS. (more
ethnographical
objects in the MAS)
The show grew to become not just a monument to Olbrechts but additionally a landmark for museum history. While Olbrecht's need to present the objects as art and never as ethnographical material, he adopted the approach of other major museums displays of African art throughout the nineteen thirties.
Olbrechts implemented this new system both in the show as well as in his brief essay for that exhibition catalogue, which presents many ideas later elaborated in the influential Plastiek van Kongo (1946).
Frans
M. Olbrechts 1899-1958
a book by Constantine Petridis.
The Antwerp exhibition acquired mainly objects in the large assortment of
Congolese art in the Antwerp's Vleeschhuis-Museum, 1600 Congolese objects that
the City had acquired from Henri Pareyn in 1920. However, the display also lent
a lot of objects from private collectors, an essential vary from the approach of
previous museum displays.
As Olbrechts notes, this permitted him to "bring to light many completely unknown objects" (Olbrechts 1946: 10) (2) .
Antwerp’s port connects the city with the entire world and ships came in with all the colonies treasures was the most important contact Belgian point for those collecting African Art. ... (to be continued during the lecture in Antwerp...)
You are invited to participate with me in a very special journey in Antwerp
Starting the day with a lecture given in my Antwerp gallery on the Sint Katelijnevest 27 about "African Art in Antwerp history" at 10:30 a.m (doors opening at 10 a.m), as described above.
It
will be followed by a lunch from a young, ambitious Top Belgian Chief . Dave de
Belder from Restaurant De Godevaart
will let us taste cutting-edge gastronomy that is well worth discovering. The
restaurant is set in an old house (two houses further than my gallery), which
has retained part of its original decor (stuccowork and fireplace) and a garden.
A New York visitor wrote on TripAdvisor: “Spectacular - rivals the best that Europe can offer!” ( Date of review: Apr 7, 2011 )
MAS
museum tour
After the lunch with wine included, we will together walk to the MAS for a
guided tour.
You
will receive a general
introduction
of the
special Display of Power - On Prestige and Symbols (floor +4)
exhibition by
guest-curator
Vicky Van
Bockhaven,
then Els
De Palmenaer
(curator
Africa
and co-curator of the Power exhibition)
will join us ."Els de Palmenaer" is the author of the
book "Masterpieces
from Central Africa", she will tell us more about the African Art objects
in the MAS.
Luba
bow and
arrow holder,
Luba, D.R. Congo © MAS I
Collectie Etnografisch Museum – foto: Hugo Maertens
Impressive African Art scenography in the MAS.
MAS
| Museum aan de Stroom
Hanzestedenplaats 1
B-2000 Antwerpen
tel. +32 3 338 44 34
fax +32 3 338 44 44
E: mas@stad.antwerpen.be
www.mas.be
(c) photo Jackfre on Flickr
A few days ago (May 13, 2011) the MAS Museum ((Museum at the Schelde river) opened and received 38,000 visitors in the first weekend. It is an impressive building and is best described as a collection of collections .
Antwerp’s port connects the city with the entire world. Thousands of fascinating objects have washed ashore in the metropolis from all continents and are now presented in the MAS
The MAS permanent collection is made up of 470,000 objects, compiled from the collections of the Ethnographical Museum (33,000 objects), the National Maritime Museum, the Museum for Regional Folklore, part of the Vleeshuis's collection and the Paul and Dora Janssen-Arts pre-Columbian art collection. The MAS itself has a storehouse which houses around 180,000 collection pieces.
In the Visible Storage of the MAS, the different collections of famous collectors come to life once more like with African Art from one of the first African Art dealer Henri Pareyn (1869-1928).In the permanent collection many world quality pieces are shown.
After we finished the guided tour those who want can take a look at the Pre-Columbian art of Dora Janssens, the spouse of famous late Dr. Paul Janssens from Janssens pharmaceutica, before ending our journey together.
If you are willing to join on this special journey you should know that I have only 15 places available and need a minimum of 8 participants.
African Art in Antwerp history
- 10:30 lecture by David Norden "African Art in Antwerp history" St. Katelijnevest 27. (value= 30€)
- 12:00 lunch in the Top Restaurant De Godevaart with wines included (value= 60€)
- guided MAS tour with "Els de Palmenaer" (value is 65€ + 10 € museum entrance)
- Prestige and Symbols (floor +4) exhibition tour with guest-curator Vicky Van Bockhaven (value= 50€)
- some fun with other african art collectors (invaluable)
total value= 215 €
Your price is 215 € 180€ only
120€ all included:Yes I want to hear David
Norden lecture, participate at this unique event, have a nice lunch with
collector friends, and discover the MAS African Art collection with a guide .
What to do next ?
To join you will have to give me your credit card number below, or fill the form at https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en_US&formkey=dHZDWUViMHNfWVVvMlA5dFZ3UThZSlE6MQ&ifq . Your card will only be charged the full amount once I have 8 participants, and your card will not be charged and the offer will be closed once I reach 15 participants.
Be fast since this special offer will is send to more than 5,000 readers of this newsletter and I expect it to close soon. You can call us at +32 3 227.35.40 if any question or if you prefer to give you credit card number by phone.
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