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Haitian Art Featured Collector Aderson Exume (Maryland,
USA) an interview
African
Art exhibit Warren Robbins in the Pensacola Museum of Art's
One of the pieces on display in the Pensacola Museum of Art's African Art
exhibit. (Special to the PNJ News Journal)
In another unexpected move, the Pensacola Museum of Art's exhibition "Art
of Africa: Objects from the Collection of Warren Robbins" is an
educational preface to the continent's contribution to the art world.
An African art terracotta collection
in Milan Italy
EBay looting, the
Illegal Looting of Antiquities: Archaeologists worry a lot about looting.
Artifacts stolen from historical sites fetch high prices on the black
market, which gives looters strong incentives to steal these items.
SVIZZERA, FONDAZIONE BEYELER: LA MAGIA
DELLE IMMAGINI – L’AFRICA, L’OCEANIA E L’ARTE MODERNA.
COLLECTION
DURAND-BARRÈRE ART AFRICAIN (french)
Jolika collection lawsuit: A
Collection of Tribal Art Is Embroiled in a Modern Family Feud
Alan Mann
Highlights
From the Paul and Clara Gebauer Collection of Cameroon Art
from the PAM Museum's permanent collection
The
Paul and Clara Gebauer Collection of Cameroon
Art, one of the finest collections of Cameroon Grasslands art in the
United States, was originally acquired by the Portland Art Museum in the early
1970s.
World Bank African Art
The Gelbard Collection sold at
Bonhams New York November 13, 2007
read the Introduction by Dr. Arthur P. Bourgeois, October, 2007
New York Museum Showcases
Central African Collections Ancestral Art, Sculpture
By Victoria Cavaliere New
York 02 October 2007
found at http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-10-02-voa84.cfm
A new exhibit at New York's Metropolitan Museum of
Art is showcasing acclaimed sculptural masterpieces from Africa's equatorial
rainforest. The exhibit, called "Eternal Ancestors: The Art of the Central
African Reliquary," sheds light on the history and traditions of the
region. As Victoria Cavaliere reports from VOA's New York Bureau, the collection
also explores how the works influenced 20th century modern art.
The more than 150 artifacts that make up the exhibit are on loan to the
Metropolitan Museum of Art from some of the most distinguished museums and
private collections in Europe and the United States.
The sculptures date back to the 18th and 19th century and depict 12
traditions from Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of Congo and
the Democratic Republic of Congo. The artifacts are considered the earliest
still-surviving art from the region and were collected by missionaries and
artists during the late 1800s and early 1900s.
The exhibit's curator, Alisa LaGamma, says the sculptures were created to
honor ancestors as vital intermediaries with the divine. Organized thematically,
the show is an effort to understand the history and culture of their creators.
"What we have tried to do is delve into the meaning and the significance of
these works and their cultures of origin. Now we have an opportunity to
understand what their significance was in the lives of the people who created
them," she said.
The Met's exhibition is organized like a geographical tour of Central Africa.
The journey begins with copper, brass and wood relics of the Fang people from
Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. Artifacts from Congo and the Democratic
Republic of Congo are made of textiles, fibers, glass and clay.
To highlight the importance of sacred and ancestral art through out the ages,
some of the African pieces are being shown alongside Christian sculptures from
the Middle Ages.
"We developed a very special, sacred conversation between specific
masterpieces of Fang sculpture from southern Cameroon and Gabon and their
counterparts from the Middle Ages and Europe. It is really quite a moving
juxtaposition to see these great traditions speaking to one another,"
LaGamma said.
Many of the works on view inspired early 20th Century western artists
including Pablo Picasso, Andre Derain, and Henri Matisse.
Black
Venus sculpture One of the highlights of the exhibit is the so-called
"Black Venus," a delicate, 19th century wood sculpture from Gabon that
is on loan from a Paris museum. The Black Venus is seated, her eyes are closed,
and her surface is jet black.
LaGamma explains the sculpture was first shown in Paris in the early 20th
century. "She really created a furor by artists in the day. They were so
excited by this new cannon of beauty, and Picasso came to the conclusion that
she surpassed the Venus de Milo in terms of her beauty," she said.
The exhibition, which runs through March, is expected to be popular with both
New Yorkers and tourists. Interest in and prices of African art are increasing.
In addition to the special exhibit, the Metropolitan Museum has a large wing
dedicated to its own African art collection.
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