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 INDIVIDUAL
LABELS FOR
EACH PIECE
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