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The Authenticity of African Sculptures
by Henri Kamer
The issue of authenticity of African art has been central to collectors for decades. Henri Kamer, who was president of the International Arts Experts Association at the time, published an outstanding account of the state of the matter in Artes d'Afrique Noire, No. 12 (1974). The text that follows is extracted from an English translation of that article, and has been edited further. The original includes a number of illustrations. They are not included here because I believe the text suffices without them.
The original version, including the illustrations, in French and with the English translation, is
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African Art on the Internet
15th Triennial Symposium on African Art, Arts Council of the African Studies Association, 2011, Wednesday, March 23 - Saturday, March 26, 2011, UCLA, Los Angeles, California
http://www.acasaonline.org/conf_next.htm
Addis Art - Ethiopian Art and Artists Page
Contemporary Ethiopian art and artists - paintings, sculptures and digital art work by students and professionals from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. University instructor, Getahun Assefa's paintings, drawings, sculpture, digital art. Also work by his brother, Tesfaye Assefa. Based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. [KF] http://www.addisart.com/
Addis Art - Nouveau Art from Ethiopia
Artists include Shiferaw Girma and Lulseged Retta. Photographs of each artist's work, a biography, and video. Founded by Mesai Haileleul. [KF] http://www.addis-art.com/
Adire African Textiles - Duncan Clarke
History, background, and photographs of adire, adinkra, kente, bogolan, Yoruba aso-oke, akwete, ewe, kuba, and nupe textiles. The symbolism of images is often provided. One can purchase textiles as well. Clarke's Ph.D. dissertation (School of Oriental and African Studies) is on Yoruba men's weaving. See also the Adire African Textiles blog. Based in London. http://www.adireafricantextiles.com/
Afewerk Tekle
"Ethiopia’s leading artist." Biography, his paintings, sculptures, mosaics, murals, art in the artist's home. Afewerk created the stained-glass windows at the entrance of Africa Hall, headquarters of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa. "In 1964, he became the first winner of the Haile Selassie I prize for Fine Arts." "In 2000, he was one of the few chosen World Laureates by the council of the ABI on the occasion of the 27th
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MEYER Laure
Black Africa: Masks, sculpture, jewelry
Détails sur le produit: Broché: 224 pages - Editeur: Editions Pierre Terrail (1992) - Langue: Anglais
ISBN-10: 287939032X - ISBN-13: 978-2879390321
Descriptions du produit:The Northern Hemisphere has long looked at the art of the Southern Hemisphere and equatorial regions as a collection of curios or travel trophies illustrating the essentially barbarous nature of its creators. Slowly such views are changing as more effort is put to understanding the individual works of art and their context in the societies that produced them. Art historian Meyer has attempted to integrate over 200 color photos together with a general text giving an overview of the role of the arts in various African cultures. Although her choppy text (translated from the French) will provide a basis for interested readers to start research, the bibliography is dated and leads mostly to French sources. Rather than present an overview, Newton, the former director of New York's Museum of Primitive Art, has produced a catalog of suberb photographs with scholarly explanatory captions. The objects, mostly of wood, are drawn from Geneva's Barbier-Mueller Museum, considered one of the best collections in the world. Photographed with great depth of field and subtle lighting designed to accentuate texture, the sculptures are brought to life by a fine-grain printing process. Meyer uses some photos that also appear in Newton's book, but the two works complement each other rather than overlap. The Newton book is the better choice for general collections, but the differences in explaining societal context and the different scope of coverage warrant placement of both books in comprehensive collections. David McClelland, Temple Univ. Lib., Philadelphia Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --Ce texte fait référence à une
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MEYER Laure
Art and craft in Africa: Everyday life, ritual, court art
Détails sur le produit:
Broché: 207 pages - Editeur: Terrail, first English edition, 1995. - Langue: Anglais
ISBN-10: 2879390982 - ISBN-13: 978-2879390987
Descriptions du produit:
Most museum exhibitions and books on African art focus on masks and figurative sculptures, largely ignoring many types of objects common in African cultures that "demonstrate an aesthetic sensibility all the more remarkable for serving the humblest of purposes." In this volume, Meyer offers a splendidly illustrated survey of everyday, primarily utilitarian objects furnishings, culinary utensils, textiles, jewelry, weapons, musical instruments, games, pipes, regalia, that reveal undeniable beauty of design, ornamentation, or display. Less detailed and scholarly than Roy Sieber's catalog African Furniture and Household Objects (Indiana Univ. Pr., 1980), Meyer's work nevertheless offers concise introductions to scores of categories of objects that are both essential to, and revealing of, the nature of African life. Highly recommended for public library collections of African studies or art. Dr. Eugene C. Burt, Art Inst. of Seattle
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MEURANT Georges, THOMPSON Robert Farris
Mbuti Design: Paintings by Pygmy Women of the Ituri Forest
Détails sur le produit:
Relié: 224 pages - Editeur: Thames & Hudson Inc - 1996 - Langue: Anglais
ISBN-10: 0500974306 - ISBN-13: 978-0500974308
Descriptions du produit:
Thames & Hudson Inc, 1996. Hardcover. 300 x 245 mm. Brand New Book with Free Worldwide Delivery. The Mbuti people, who live in the Ituri rainforest of northeastern Zaire, are one of the few remaining hunter-gatherer cultures in the world. Since 3500 BC they have been famed for their rich arts of music and dancing, but until recently the barkcloth drawings and paintings originally made by the women as loincloths for ceremonies and dances have been virtually unknown in the west. The qualities of these drawings and their reflection of the Mbuti people's way of life, are explored and illustrated in this volume. The drawings are closely analyzed, examined both thematically and aesthetically, and the wider influence of African forager art forms on contemporary world art is
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HAHNER-HERZOG Iris, Maria Kecskesi, Lazlo Vajda
African Masks: From the Barbier-Mueller Collection
Détails sur le produit:
Broché: 287 pages - Editeur: Prestel; Édition: illustrated edition (2002) - Collection: African, Asian & Oceanic Art - Langue: Anglais
ISBN-10: 3791327097 - ISBN-13: 3-7913-2709-7
HAHNER-HERZOG Iris, Maria Kecskesi, Lazlo Vajda:
African Masks: From the Barbier-Mueller Collection
Descriptions du produit: Descrizione libro
Descriptions du produit:
Descrizione libro
From Library Journal
These two books by the same publisher are very similar in a number of ways?they are designed to accompany major European exhibitions; contain hundreds of visually impressive photos of some of the finest works of African artistry; and cover the art of Africa while emphasizing the sculpture of West and Central Africa. These similarities aside, the books differ significantly in terms of the nature of the text and the focus of the content. Early in the 20th century a small number of European collectors acquired significant collections of African art. Han Coray (1880-1974), a modern art dealer in Zurich, was one of the earliest of those collectors, and his extensive collection eventually became the property of the Zurich University Ethnographic Museum. African Art is a catalog of that collection, with over 300 photographs of the objects. While most of the catalog entries provide useful information about the objects, some are unsatisfyingly only descriptive. More than a dozen essays are also provided,
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BOUTTIAUX Anne-Marie
Persona: Masks of Africa - Identities Hidden and Revealed
Détails sur le produit: Broché: 304 pages (285x240 mm) - Editeur: Five Continents Editions (1 septembre 2009) - Langue: Anglais - ISBN-10: 8874395132 - ISBN-13: 978-8874395132
Descrizione libro: Covering images of exceptional African masks alongside contemporary African art, this beautifully designed and powerful book presents original look at the role of the mask in African culture. Based on an exhibition of 180 masks - more than 100 from the outstanding collection at the Royal Museum for Central Africa in Tervuren, Belgium - and works by contemporary African artists, this extraordinary book offers a new interpretation of the mask as the universal object that both hides and reveals. Beautifully designed, Persona presents masks organized by their usage, the dances, and rituals they serve and the belief system they display. The contemporary works, selected for their artistry, formal boldness, and intrinsic messages, arouse a similar aesthetic response, but serve a different function from the ritual masks. This stunningly illustrated and engaging book
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Full text, digitalised by Lies Strijker and presented by the .Centre Aequatoria
Notes on the digitalisation and presentation
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IMPRIMI POTEST
Kanzenze, 12-2-1952
P. Simeon, o.m.f.
Sup. Reg.
IMPRIMATUR
Luabo-Kamina, 30-5-1952
+VICTOR PETRUS KEUPPENS
Vic. Ap. de Lulua
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BANTU PHILOSOPHY
by
The Revd. Father PLACIDE TEMPELS
(Translated into English from "La Philosophie Bantoue" the French Version by Dr. A. Rubbens of Fr. Tempels' original work. The Revd. Colin King, M.A. Translator.)
With a Foreword to the English Edition by Dr Margaret Read, C.B.E.Ph. D.,M.A., formerly Professor of Education and Head of the Department Of Education in Tropical Areas, The
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Arte primero
Las expresiones arte primero y arte primitivo son empleadas para designar las producciones artísticas de las sociedades dichas "tradicionales", " sin escritura " o "primitivas". Por extensión, el término(plazo) designa comúnmente la producción artística tradicional de las culturas no occidentales.
La expresión " arte primitivo ", atada(vinculada) al colonialismo es distintamente despectiva y desde hace algunos años ha caído en desuso en provecho de " arte primero ". Pero esta expresión más valorizante queda controvertida en la medida en que traduciría también un diseño(concepción) evolucionista y ethnocentriste sociedades humanas: las sociedades occidentales producirían un " arte acabado " que se opondría a las " primeras artes ", que serían la obra de los pueblos quedados próximos de un estado arcaico de la humanidad. Además, las formas mayores de arte primero (en África o en Oceania, por ejemplo) distintamente se distinguen de formas mucho más antiguas de arte (arte prehistórico o arte neolítico). Del
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WHAT IS AFRICAN ART?
SUPPORT NOTES FOR TEACHER
Learning & Information Department
Telephone +44 (0)20 7323 8511/8854
Facsimile +44 (0)20 7323 8855
education@thebritishmuseum.ac.uk
Great Russell Street
London WC1B 3DG
Switchboard +44 (0)20 7323 8000
www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk
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THE NEW CONGO COLLECTION
During the summer of 1912 the Museum acquired by purchase a collection of about two thousand
specimens consisting of weapons, utensils, ornaments, clothing and images from a number of African
tribes living in the Congo basin. This collection was, for the most part, obtained from the natives by the
well-known German traveler, Frobenius.
in a way which served at least to show what a variety of artistic activities and what a rich culture the in
a way which served at least to show what a variety of artistic activities and what a rich culture the
native Congo peoples possess.
native Congo peoples possess.
Visitors had an opportunity of admiring the wonderful carved wooden boxes and cups, |
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‘African Vision: The Walt Disney-Tishman African Art Collection’
This female figure, made of ivory and standing 37 inches tall, was made in the early Nineteenth Century by Edo peoples in the Benin kingdom court style, and was probably intended for an altar to a queen mother. It is one of the first two objects purchased by Paul and Ruth Tishman in 1959. "Ivory can be almost universally interpreted as a symbol of importance and wealth,” says exhibition curator Bryna Freyer.
WASHINGTON D.C.:Most Americans know little about the vast and diverse continent of Africa, much less the arts created there. Dark and primitive, the arts of the African peoples reflect the rituals of life, stripped to the most basic interpretive forms both conceptually and artistically.
Celebrating the arts of Africa and the profound role that they have played in molding Twentieth Century Abstraction and Modernist art in the "West" is the Smithsonian's newest exhibition, "African Vision: The Walt Disney-Tishman African Art Collection." It is on view through September 7, 2008, at The Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African Art (NMAA).
"African Vision" showcases 88 outstanding artworks, part of a larger collection donated to the NMAA, that represents the largest gift of sculpture in the museum's history.
In 1959, Paul and Ruth Tishman began their collection with the purchase of two pieces of art from the Benin kingdom — an early Nineteenth Century ivory female figure standing 37 inches tall, made in the court style by the Edo peoples, and a 28-inch-tall, Eighteenth Century copper alloy mask that was worn by a divine-healer in masquerade
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Paris
Galerie L'oeil et La Main Paris 7e
41 rue de Verneuil 75007 Paris
tel 0142615410
contact@agalom.com
Bétonsalon Paris 13e
Centre d'art et de recherche
R-d-c de la Halle aux Farines
9 esplanade Pierre Vidal-Naquet 75013 Paris
M° ou RER Bibliothèque François Mitterrand
contact : info@betonsalon.net / +33.(0)1.45.84.17.56
Cac Brétigny Brétigny [91]
Centre d’art contemporain de Brétigny
Espace Jules Verne, Rue Henri Douard
91220 Brétigny s/Orge
tel (33) 01 60 85 20 76
fax (33) 01 60 85 20 90
info@cacbretigny.com
Centre Culturel Suisse Paris 3e
32 et 38, rue des Francs-Bourgeois
75003 Paris
Tel +33 (0) 1 42 71 44 50
Centre Georges Pompidou Paris 4e
Place Georges Pompidou
75004 Paris
+33 (0)1 44 78 12 33
CNEAI Chatou [78]
Centre national de l'estampe et de l'art imprimé
Maison Levanneur, île des impressionnistes
78400 Chatou
tél (0033)1 39 52 45 35
fax (0033)1 39 52 43 78
cneai@cneai.com
CNEAI Paris
Centre National de l'Edition et de l'Art Imprimé
20 rue Louise Weiss 75013 Paris, France
ENTREE GRATUITE
(+33)1 45 83 88 96
http://www.cneai.com
Cosmic Galerie Paris 19e
Claudia CARGNEL et Frédéric BUGADA
7-9, rue de l'Équerre 75019 Paris
Tél : +33 1 42 71 72
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Walker Evans
Walker Evans
Il est né le 3 novembre 1903, à Saint-Louis, Missouri. Il étudie au Williams College en 1922-1923 et à la Sorbonne en 1926. Evans débute la photographie en 1930. Il obtient une bourse de la Fondation John-Simon-Guggenheim en 1940, 1941 et 1959. Il entre au magazine Time en 1945 et à Fortune en 1965. Cette même année, il devient professeur de photographie à l'école d'art de l'Université Yale. Il est mort le 10 avril 1975, à New Haven, Connecticut.
On connaît notamment son travail sur la Grande dépression, participant au programme de la Farm Security Administration. Les images de métayers dans l'Alabama, au même titre que celles de Dorothea Lange, comptent parmi les icônes du monde moderne.
On remarque dans son travail les regards des sujets fixant l'objectif de Walker Evans : ici pas de doute le sujet se sait photographié, pour autant il ne se compose pas un visage de circonstance orné d'un sourire obligatoire. Ici la photographie ne se contente pas de montrer, elle interroge le spectateur, l'américain des années 1930 : si le sujet se laisse photographier dans cette posture, c'est que son regard a quelque chose à nous dire. Ce n'est peut-être plus nous qui le regardons mais lui qui nous accuse.
Cette franchise du photographe préserve une dignité humaine mise à mal par la misère qui se laisse voir dans les vêtements en loques.
Cet aspect de ses photos est
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Kongo Nail Fetishes from the Chiloango River Area
By Ezio Bassani
Originally published in African Arts - April 1977, Volume X, Number 3
In the nineteenth century, ethnologists who collected and catalogued objects of art from Africa were not concerned with
discovering the names of the artists or even their ethnic identities; usually, broad indications of geographic origins, such as
"the Lower Congo," "the region of the White Nile," or the "River Uelle" were deemed sufficient identification. In addition,
because these objects were regarded merely as documents of a mode of life inferior to that of Western societies, no effort
was made to categorize them stylistically. Although during the first ten years of this century, French and German artists
revealed the artistic independence and importance of African sculpture, scholars persisted in considering the works of
African carvers as popular,
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Sotheby's
Création 1744
Siège social New York (États-Unis)
Activité(s) Vente aux enchères d’œuvres d’art
Site Web www.sothebys.com
Sotheby’s est une société internationale de vente aux enchères d’œuvres d’art, la plus ancienne au monde et la seule à être cotée à la bourse de New York. Elle organise 350 ventes par an, à Paris, New York, Londres, Hong Kong, Genève et Milan notamment et compte 400 spécialistes en art.
Histoire
Sotheby's à Londres, New Bond Street
Siège de Sotheby's à New YorkEn 1744, Samuel Baker fonde la première société de vente aux enchères au monde, spécialisée dans les livres et manuscrits. Elle se développe rapidement et organise la vente des grandes bibliothèques, dont celle de Napoléon Bonaparte. Deux siècles plus tard, Sotheby's étend son domaine de compétences aux estampes, médailles et monnaies et s’installe sur New Bond Street à Londres. Le chiffre d'affaires des œuvres d'art dépasse alors significativement celui des livres.
À la fin des années 1950, la société connaît une phase de forte croissance, sous la direction de Peter Wilson. Sotheby’s joue un rôle actif dans le regain d’intérêt
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Le socle et l’objet
Anne Villard *
Tout comme l’éclairage ou
la couleur, le socle est un des
éléments qui participent à la
construction de sens émanant
de l’ensemble d’une expo-
sition. Et à ce titre il concourt
à la compréhension de l’objet
qu’il présente. L’auteur
s’attache à mettre au jour les
types de liens existants entre
le socle et l’objet et analyse
à travers quelques exemples
la façon dont, dans le
contexte de l’exposition,
les messages sont véhiculés
par le socle.
* Anne Villard est muséologue
27 rue Bretonneau
37000 Tours
téléphone + 33 2 47 31 90 52 et
+ 33 6 19 55 73 18
annevillard@voila.fr
S’interroger sur la nature des liens qui
s’établissent entre le socle et l’objet c’est
parler de la relation qui s’instaure entre
ces deux objets c’est aussi mettre en évi-
dence la ou les fonctions du socle (ou du
support) dans l’exposition de l’objet.
En muséologie, la nature polysémique et
polyfonctionnelle de l’objet est aujour-
d’hui une évidence, et nous ne saurions
ignorer l’importance de son contexte de
présentation (1). L’objet s’insère dans
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Guro
Living among the Baule and Yaure west, the Malinke north and south wé and Bete. The Guro live in an area covered by savannah and forest. They migrated from the north during the XVI and is now number two hundred thousand, they were called but when Kweni were colonized between 1906 and 1912 the French invaders, gave them the name of Guro. Guro villages consist of round houses in the north and rectangular in the south. Each village is governed by a council of elders, representing each family, and secret societies. The Guru mainly grow cotton, rice, coffee and cocoa, men and women involved clearing plantations.
The Guro Art is an art and elegant masks consists mainly of elongated figures with a concave profile and almond eyes.
Masks:
Different types of masks can be noticed. In the western part of the country Guro masks have a pointed chin, a protruding mouth, almond-shaped eyes bulging and a high forehead sometimes decorated with scarification. They have an apotropaic function but are also worn by executioners during executions.
The southern style is influenced by that of the neighboring tribe, the Bete. Their masks are identifiable, thanks to their more naturalistic features, their scars on his forehead, triangular noses and eyes surrounded by incised scarification, they are sometimes called masks Guro-Bete
Another type of mask found in this region, has a bulging forehead, a snub nose
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