AFRICAN ART

MORE THAN TWENTY AFRICAN TRIBES ARE REPRESENTED
IN THIS REMARKABLE SHOW, WHICH HAS BEEN CULLED
FROM MUSEUM COLLECTIONS, AND GALLERIES THROUGHOUT
THE WORLD INCLUDING: THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM,
SEATTLE ART MUSEUM, MINNESOTA MUSEUM OF ART, JAMES
WILLIS TRIBAL ART, AS WELL AS, BUTTERFIELD'S AND SOTHEBY'S
AUCTION HOUSES. AFRICAN ART HAS BEEN ADMIRED AND COLLECTED
FOR ALMOST TWO CENTURIES AND HAS INFLUENCED CONTEMPORARY
MODERN ART IN MANY WAYS. TYPIFIED IN DERIVATIVE WORK BY
PICASSO; CONTEMPORARY MODERN ART HAS INHERITED ASPECTS
OF FORM AND CONTENT FROM THE AFRICAN AESTHETIC. UNJUSTLY
CITED AS "PRIMITIVE ART", AFRICAN SCULPTURE IN ACTUALITY IS
AN EXTREMELY SOPHISTICATED ART FORM. THE SPIRIT, RITUALS,
AND CEREMONIES ASSOCIATED WITH ALL TRIBAL ART CLOSES AN
AESTHETIC GAP BETWEEN THE JUNGIAN ARCHETYPE AND MODERN
ART AS WE KNOW IT!  TO UNDERSTAND TRIBAL ART AND THE
SPIRITUAL POWER IT EMBODIES COMPLETES A NECESSARY
EMOTIONAL CYCLE, WHICH CAN HELP LEAD TO THE TOTAL
COMPREHENSION OF CONTEMPORARY ART. THE UNDENIABLE
POWER OF TRIBAL ART, AND THE ABILITY TO INTEGRATE
AESTHETICS INTO RITUAL AND DAILY LIFE,
IS THE WELLSPRING OFFERED
IN THIS
REMARKABLE EXHIBITION.

 
 
 
 
 

   57 ARTIFACT
 

      AFRICAN TRIBES REPRESENTED:
LOBI, YORUBA, IGBO, ASHANTI, GUERE,

SALAMPASU, DAN, MAMUYE, BAULE, YAKA,
DOGON, SONGYE, OGONI, KUBA,
LEGA, FON,
MOBA, TEKE, BAMANO, MENDE, BURKINO FASO,
BAMILEKE, AND MABILA.
 
 
 

    DISPLAY DIMENSIONS: VARIABLE
   SQUARE FEET: 1200- 1500
   RENTAL FEE $8500.
 
 
 
 

   SUPPORT MATERIALS:

   1 VIDEO TAPE: "AFRICAN ART: MERT SIMPSON" 
28 MINUTE TELEVISION PROGRAM
INTRODUCTORY TEXT PANEL AND IN

 
 
 
"AFRICAN ART"

 
 
 

 

 

 

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