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Through African Eyes: The European in African Art, 1500 to present
“Through African Eyes: The European in African Art, 1500 to present” is set to feature works from Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Democratic Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone and Cameroon.
The DIA is located at 5200 Woodward Ave. Admission is $8 for adults, $4 for
ages 6-17, $6 for ages 62 or above and free to members. Hours of operation are
Wednesdays and Thursdays 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Fridays 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. and
Saturdays and Sundays 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Through
African Eyes: The European in African Art, 1500 to Present April
18–August 8, 2010
Through
African Eyes explores
art created by Africans in response to the varied and dynamic cultural
exchanges between Africans and Europeans over 500 years, making it the broadest
analytical overview on the subject to date. The exhibition features 100 of Africa’s
finest three-dimensional artworks and utilitarian objects executed in wood,
ivory, metals and textiles from the holdings of the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA)
and other leading American and international museums and private collections.
Among the countries represented are Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Democratic
Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone and Cameroon. African artists from diverse cultures
have used and continue to use visual forms to reflect their changing attitudes
toward Europeans as the latter evolved from stranger to colonizer to the more
inclusive Westerner. The objects illustrate how African
perceptions of the European over time were neither monolithic nor static and
that many African societies alternately incorporated, rejected and transformed
elements of European cultures. Dynamic
cultural exchanges not only produced new African art forms, but stimulated
new social values and modes of governance that re-shaped ways people
conceptualized and lived life day to day.
Through African Eyes
casts the European as the cultural “other,” and
reverses longstanding Eurocentric perspectives that have dominated African art
studies. By contextualizing African works that imitate, distort, criticize, or
mock the “other,” the exhibition looks at how this art works to affirm,
critique or resist European presence in Africa. A richly illustrated 200-page exhibition
catalogue will include essays by recognized experts and expand on the ideas
conveyed by the exhibition. Tickets are $12 for adults, $6 for ages
6-17, $10 for groups of 15+ and free for DIA members. This exhibition has been organized by
the Detroit
Institute of Arts. Generous support has been provided by the Friends of
African and African American Art, the DTE Energy Foundation, the National
Endowment for the Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional
support has been provided by the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs
and the City of Detroit. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this exhibition do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Books:
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