Resonance from the Past
An exhibition from the Museum of African Art at this moment on view at
the Palmer Museum
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Resonance from the Past
New
Orleans Museum of Arts
was among the first American municipal museums to form an important collection
of African art. Unlike most European national museums which began as
repositories for the material culture of their colonies, the New Orleans Museum
of Art focused on aesthetics. In 1966, the museum opened a permanent gallery for
the arts of Africa and a major bequest in 1977 from Victor K. Kiam added over a
hundred works to the collection. While covering much of the African continent,
the museum's collection is not an encyclopedic presentation of the art of all
African peoples; its strongest concentration is in Yoruba, Dogon, and Fang
sculptures.
Three Standing Guardian Figures for Reliquaries
Fang People of Gabon
RESONANCE FROM THE PAST consists of a selection of the finest works of African
sculpture from the New Orleans Museum of Art. During the last four decades since
the collection was formed many scholars have conducted research in Africa to
discover the uses and meanings of these works. Included in the exhibition are
ancestor figures, symbols of authority, and objects of transformations.
Sculpted artworks, including masks, pots, costumes, and musical instruments,
represent elements of divination and initiation ceremonies, bestow power on
their owners, and serve as altars to mediate between humans and the divine.
RESONANCE FROM THE PAST is a collaboration between the Museum
for African Art and the New Orleans Museum of Art. Frank Herreman is the
guest curator.
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