Result of the research : 'kota'
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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WILLETT Frank
African Art (ISBN-10: 0500203644 - ISBN-13: 978-0500203644)
Détails sur le produit: Broché: 304 pages - Editeur: Thames & Hudson Ltd; Édition: 2nd Revised edition (2002) - Collection: World of Art - Langue: Anglais
Descrizione libro:
The art of the Fang, the BaTeke, the BaKota, and other African peoples is extraordinarily vigorous and shows a brilliant sense of form. The substantial aesthetic impact that their works have had on the development of twentieth-century Western art-on Picasso, Derain, Braque, and Modigliani, among others-continues to this day. This classic study reveals the astonishing variety and expressive power of the art of a continent that contains more distinct peoples and cultures than any other. The revised edition has been updated throughout, incorporating recent research and additional illustrations, plus a new chapter and extended bibliography. It remains an invaluable resource for students and for anyone interested in African art. 291 illustrations, 88 in
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PERROIS Louis
CHRONIQUE DU PAYS KOTA (GABON)
Détails sur le produit:
O. R. S. T. O. M. - ÉDITIONS DE L'OFFICE DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE ET TECHNIQUE OUTRE-MER - Direction générale: 24, Bayard· 75008 PARIS - PARIS 1970
Langue: Français - Pagine: 120 - ill. b&n
Cahiers de l'O.R.S.T.O.M., sér. Sci. hum., vol. VII, n° 2 - 1970.
Descrizione libro:
PREMIÈRE PARTIE - LA TRADITION ORALE: LES MIGRATIONS KOTA
DEUXIÈME PARTIE - LES ARCHIVES: LA PÉNÉTRATION EUROPÉENNE DU PAYS KOTA (1866-
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NEYT François
FLEUVE CONGO: Arts d'Afrique centrale, correspondances et mutations des formes
Détails sur le produit:
Couverture reliée sous jaquette en couleur: 405 pages - Format: 29,7 x 24,5 cm - 400 illustrations - Musée du quai Branly
Editeur : Fonds Mercator Bruxelles (12 juin 2010) - Collection : FONDS MERCATOR
Langue : Français - ISBN -10: 9061539145 - ISBN -13: 978-9061539148
NEYT François - FLEUVE CONGO - Arts d'Afrique centrale, correspondances et mutations des formes
Descrizione libro - Présentation de l'éditeur - Biographie de l'auteur
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Descrizione libro
Cet ouvrage met en lumière les interrelations qui unissent la production artistique des groupes humains de l'Afrique centrale. Les correspondances et les mutations des formes présentées mettent en évidence les sources d'inspiration de ces populations s'exprimant dans une langue bantoue. Ces sculptures traduisent à leur manière la présence d'une civilisation unique de la côte atlantique aux abords du lac Tanganyika à l'est. Celle-ci couvre le bassin du fleuve Congo et celui d'Ogooué au Gabon. De nombreuses cartes géographiques ponctuent le passé culturel de ces peuples, leurs migrations et la localisation des sculptures choisies. Les trois thèmes retenus se présentent comme un chemin initiatique soulignant
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FALGAYRETTES-LEVEAU Christiane, Gérard Delorme, Michel Leveau, Dominique Blanc
Gabon: Présence des esprits
Détails sur le produit:
Relié: 205 pages - Editeur: Editions Dapper (20 septembre 2006) - Collection: BEAUX ARTS - Langue: Français
ISBN-10: 291525818X - ISBN-13: 978-2915258189
FALGAYRETTES-LEVEAU Christiane, Gérard Delorme, Michel Leveau, Dominique Blanc:
Gabon: Présence des esprits
Descriptions du produit: Présentation de l'éditeur - Biographie de l'auteur
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Présentation de l'éditeur
A travers des œuvres d'une qualité plastique exceptionnelle, l'ouvrage Gabon, présence des esprits, donne une vision d'ensemble de modes d'expression témoins de savoirs ancestraux et de pratiques comptant parmi les plus aboutis des arts africains. Au cœur des relations qui unissent les vivants et les morts, le culte des ancêtres s'appuie sur un objet essentiel, le reliquaire surmonté d'une figure de gardien. Les Fang et les Kota en ont été les sculpteurs les plus inspirés. Les masques, dont les manifestations sont diversifiées, occupent également une place centrale chez la plupart des peuples du bassin de l'Ogooué, punu, lumbu, njabi, vuvi, fang, kota... Utilisés lors de cérémonies cultuelles ou au quotidien, d'autres types d'objets, instruments de musique, cuillers, couteaux,
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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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LES GRANDES EXPOSITIONS COLONIALES : Les expositions coloniales furent organisées au XIXe siècle et dans la première moitié du XXe siècle dans les pays européens. Elles avaient pour but de montrer aux habitants de la Métropole les différentes facettes des colonies. Les expositions coloniales donnaient lieu à des reconstitutions spectaculaires des environnements naturels et des monuments d'Afrique, d'Asie ou d'Océanie. La mise en situation d'habitants des colonies, souvent déplacés de force, les fera qualifier dans les années 2000 de zoos humains. La France compte alors 41,8 millions d'habitants et son Empire colonial, second derrière celui du Royaume-Uni, 67 823 000 personnes pour une superficie de 12 356 637 km².
1866 : Exposition Intercoloniale de Melbourne (Intercolonial Exhibition of Australasia) 1870 : Exposition Intercoloniale de Sydney (Intercolonial Exhibition) 1875 : Exposition Intercoloniale de Melbourne (Victorian Intercolonial Exhibition) 1876 : Exposition Intercoloniale de Brisbane (Intercolonial Exhibition) 1883 : Exposition Internationale et Coloniale d'Amsterdam (Internationale Koloniale en Untvoerhandel Tentoonsellung) 1886 : Exposition Coloniale et Indienne de Londres (Colonial and Indian Exhibition) 1894 : Exposition Internationale et Coloniale de Lyon. Elle vit l'assassinat du président de la République Sadi Carnot. 1894 : Exposition Insulaire et Coloniale de Porto (Exposição Insular e Colonial Portuguesa) 1898 : Exposition internationale et coloniale de Rochefort-sur-Mer 1902 : Indo China Exposition Française et Internationale de Hanoï 1902 :
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Afrique Sacrée II juin 2006
Œuvres des collections du Cirque du Soleil, du Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal et du Musée Redpath, Université McGill
 Masque de danse okouyi En juin 2006, le Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal mettait à l’honneur l’art du continent africain en révélant des œuvres de très grande qualité provenant de la collection de Guy Laliberté. Afrique sacrée I était le résultat d’un partenariat inédit, issu d’une sélection de pièces provenant de trois collections montréalaises – universitaire, beaux-arts et corporative – celle du musée Redpath de l’Université McGill, du Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal et du Cirque du Soleil.
À compter du 19 novembre 2008, Afrique sacrée II propose une nouvelle sélection d’œuvres majeures, provenant principalement de la collection de Guy Laliberté, qui illustre les approches plastiques d’autres peuples d’Afrique de l’Ouest et d’Afrique équatoriale et du centre. Afrique sacrée II : œuvres des collections du Cirque du Soleil, du Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal et du musée Redpath, Université McGill rassemble 48 œuvres, des sculptures, des masques et des objets, dans des nouvelles salles plus vastes qui seront dorénavant dévolues à l’art africain. « Le Musée est heureux de ce
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LES GRANDES EXPOSITIONS COLONIALES : Les expositions coloniales furent organisées au XIXe siècle et dans la première moitié du XXe siècle dans les pays européens. Elles avaient pour but de montrer aux habitants de la Métropole les différentes facettes des colonies. Les expositions coloniales donnaient lieu à des reconstitutions spectaculaires des environnements naturels et des monuments d'Afrique, d'Asie ou d'Océanie. La mise en situation d'habitants des colonies, souvent déplacés de force, les fera qualifier dans les années 2000 de zoos humains. La France compte alors 41,8 millions d'habitants et son Empire colonial, second derrière celui du Royaume-Uni, 67 823 000 personnes pour une superficie de 12 356 637 km².
1866 : Exposition Intercoloniale de Melbourne (Intercolonial Exhibition of Australasia) 1870 : Exposition Intercoloniale de Sydney (Intercolonial Exhibition) 1875 : Exposition Intercoloniale de Melbourne (Victorian Intercolonial Exhibition) 1876 : Exposition Intercoloniale de Brisbane (Intercolonial Exhibition) 1883 : Exposition Internationale et Coloniale d'Amsterdam (Internationale Koloniale en Untvoerhandel Tentoonsellung) 1886 : Exposition Coloniale et Indienne de Londres (Colonial and Indian Exhibition) 1894 : Exposition Internationale et Coloniale de Lyon. Elle vit l'assassinat du président de la République Sadi Carnot. 1894 : Exposition Insulaire et Coloniale de Porto (Exposição Insular e Colonial Portuguesa) 1898 : Exposition internationale et coloniale de Rochefort-sur-Mer 1902 : Indo China Exposition Française et Internationale de Hanoï 1902 : Exposition Internationale et Coloniale des Etats-Unis de New York (United
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The works are presented in a geographical journey of productions ranging from West to East, both from Gabon to Congo:
* The Fang peoples and related
* The Kwele
* The Mbede-Kota
* The Tsogho, Galwa, Aduma, Vuvi and Teke (Tsaayi)
* The Ngbaka, and Ngbandi Ngombe
* The Mbole, Yela, Metoko, Komo, Jong, Lengola and Kela
* The Lega and Bembe
THE FANG:
THE KWELE: they live on the northern border of the Republic of Congo, and have used a type of mask called Ekuk, they are flat masks, which have incised eyes, often a white face in a heart-shaped nose triangle-shaped eyes and coffee bean. these masks were hung in homes rarely worn during ceremonies, initiation Bwetes worship, their function was to conduct a village to enable forces are beneficial Bwetes capita.
THE KOTA: Living in the eastern part of Gabon, on the border with the Republic of Congo, Kota, include a number of tribes, such as Mahongwe the Sango, the Obamba, and Shamay, who practice the same rituals and shared cultural traits. They probably migrated southward during the 18th, and now live in the valley of the river, Ogonoué in a forest environment. from their economic resources, sutout hunting and agriculture. Kota the past, had the habit of leaving their dead exposed to the elements in the forest. Under the influence of neighboring tribes, they began to bury their cefs and keep their bones (mainly the skull) to place them with
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Congo River Exhibition from June 22 to October 3, 2010 - Quai Branly -
Practical information
Date: Tuesday, June 22, 2010
on Sunday, October 3, 2010
Times: Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Sundays from 11h to 19h Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 11am to 21pm
Location: East Mezzanine
Fares: Ticket collections
37 Quai Branly
75007 Paris
01 56 61 70 00
Metro: Iena
EXPOSURE:
The Musée du Quai Branly This summer, through 170 documents and 80 major works, a major exhibition devoted to the artistic traditions of Central Africa, including Gabon, Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Real journey of leading the visitor of the northern forests to savannas, South exhibition demonstrates the links between works produced in the regions bordering the Congo River, for various populations of Bantu languages.
Behind the variety of masks and sculptures Fang, Hemba, kweli or kota, the exhibition highlights the major works of Central Africa, in their design, structure and artistic connections that bring them closer.
The three themes of the exhibition, common core to these peoples iconophiles are complementary:
* Masks and statues with the "heart-shaped face, and ensure the unity and identity of the respective groups;
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XXV ème Biennale des Antiquaires, du 15 au 22
Septembre 2010, Grand Palais-Paris
LES INCONTOURNABLES
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Galerie Christian Deydier 30 rue de Seine , 75006 Paris www.deydier.com Stand P14 Exceptionnel cheval de Ferghana Chine, Dynastie Tang (618/907) terre cuite émaillée trois couleurs H:
68cm; L: 76.3cm
Phoenix Ancien ART 6 rue Verdaine, CH 1204 Genève www.phoenixancientart.com Stand N33 Statue équestre d'Alexandre Le
Grand art grec hellénistique III-II Avt J-C Bronze 49cm
L&M Arts 45 East 78th Street- New-York
10075 www.lmgallery.com Stand S07 Willem de Kooning The Women
(study for clamdigger) 1961-62 oil on paper 58.4/72.4cm
Galerie
Bernard Dulon 10 rue Jacques Callot - Paris
7e www.expertiseartafricain.com Stand N03 Figure de reliquaire Kota
(Gabon) XIX 69cm Ancienne collection lhote
Galerie Anne
Monin 27 quai Voltaire - Paris 7e www.galeriemonin.com Stand
S22 Vase couvert ou navette en porphyre Silvio Calci Noir antique dit
serpentin noir Rome milieu du XVII H: 25cm, L: 58cm; P: 38cm
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XXV ème Biennale des Antiquaires, du 15 au 22 Septembre 2010, Grand Palais-Paris
LES INCONTOURNABLES :
Galerie Christian Deydier 30 rue de Seine , 75006 Paris www.deydier.com Stand P14 Exceptionnel cheval de Ferghana Chine, Dynastie Tang (618/907) terre cuite émaillée trois couleurs H: 68cm; L: 76.3cm
Phoenix Ancien ART 6 rue Verdaine, CH 1204 Genève www.phoenixancientart.com Stand N33 Statue équestre d'Alexandre Le Grand art grec hellénistique III-II Avt J-C Bronze 49cm
L&M Arts 45 East 78th Street- New-York 10075 www.lmgallery.com Stand S07 Willem de Kooning The Women (study for clamdigger) 1961-62 oil on paper 58.4/72.4cm
Galerie Bernard Dulon 10 rue Jacques Callot - Paris 7e www.expertiseartafricain.com Stand N03 Figure de reliquaire Kota (Gabon) XIX 69cm Ancienne collection lhote
Galerie Anne Monin 27 quai Voltaire - Paris 7e www.galeriemonin.com Stand S22 Vase couvert ou navette en porphyre Silvio Calci Noir antique dit serpentin noir Rome milieu du XVII H: 25cm, L: 58cm; P: 38cm
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STRENGTH AND MEASUREMENT
The discovery of "primitive art": an art of strength
Shapes and shape functions
Deities and ancestors
The living wood
Force and Measurement
Develop an aesthetic of black Africa is seen as a risky business in many ways. Is it legitimate to isolate these objects, that today we call art, the general framework of their relations and their cultural constraints? Can we submit to a test that has never existed in the minds of their creators? And can we finally see in this art - if we 'take on this term - a uniform phenomenon, despite the wide variety of both regional and local styles we offer this huge continent, following lengthy Historical developments often poorly understood? Finally, remember that this approach excludes large regions, including Africa white, that is to say the Mediterranean area with its ancient history, the eastern and southern Africa whose pastoral peoples have given rise to cultures almost without images, and finally these hunting societies, which, even in our time have not passed the stage of evolution of prehistoric rock paintings which are the main evidence of an artistic production that appears at various points the continent. Similarly, we must exclude from our contribution to the aesthetics of black African art the old feudal societies, including Benin. Our discussion is therefore limited to large areas farmers, the true cradle of
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African art
African art constitutes one of the most diverse legacies on earth. Though many casual observers tend to generalize "traditional" African art, the continent is full of peoples, societies, and civilizations, each with a unique visual special culture. The definition also includes the art of the African Diasporas, such as the art of African Americans. Despite this diversity, there are some unifying artistic themes when considering the totality of the visual culture from the continent of Africa.
* Emphasis on the human figure: The human figure has always been a the primary subject matter for most African art, and this emphasis even influenced certain European traditions. For example in the fifteenth century Portugal traded with the Sapi culture near the Ivory Coast in West Africa, who created elaborate ivory saltcellars that were hybrids of African and European designs, most notably in the addition of the human figure (the human figure typically did not appear in Portuguese saltcellars). The human figure may symbolize the living or the dead, may reference chiefs, dancers, or various trades such as drummers or hunters, or even may be an anthropomorphic representation of a god or have other votive function. Another common theme is the inter-morphosis of human and animal.
Yoruba bronze head sculpture, Ife, Nigeria c. 12th century A.D.
* Visual abstraction: African artworks tend to favor visual abstraction over naturalistic representation. This is because many African artworks generalize stylistic norms. Ancient Egyptian art, also usually thought of as naturalistically depictive, makes use of highly abstracted and regimented visual canons, especially in painting, as well as the use of different colors to represent the qualities and characteristics of an individual being depicted.
* Emphasis on sculpture: African artists
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