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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

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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

WASTIAU Boris

MEDUSA: The African Sculpture of Enchantment

 

Détails sur le produit: Relié: 256 pages - Editeur: Five Continents Editions (mars 2009) 

Langue: Anglais - ISBN-10: 8874394691 - ISBN-13: 978-8874394692

 

Descrizione libro: Five Continents Editions, 2008. Genève, Musée d'ethnographie, 14 November 2008 - 30 December 2009. Photography by Jonathan Watts. English text. Milano, 2008; clothbound, pp. 239, 118 col. ill., cm 24,5x29. Una selezione di importanti maschere e statue di arte africana, la cui funzione principale era quella di incantare le persone, così come la Medusa della mitologia greca pietrificava chiunque ne incrociasse lo sguardo. Queste opere non avevano il compito di rappresentare una persona o una cosa, ma possedevano un potere magico che agiva sul mondo e sulle persone che partecipavano ai rituali iniziatici, religiosi o terapeutici. Circondate di segreti e realizzate con una maestria eccezionale nella lavorazione dei materiali, le sculture e la maschere venivano presentate ai profani in complesse e impressionanti drammaturgie. L'autore passa in rassegna gli elementi costitutivi delle opere, i materiali e i colori, il soggetto, infine ne specifica il simbolismo e l'uso

STEINER B. Christopher

 

African Art in Transit

 

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Broché: 240 pages - Editeur: Cambridge University Press (27 janvier 1994) 

Langue: Anglais - ISBN-10: 0521457521 - ISBN-13: 978-0521457521

STEINER B. Christopher  -  African Art in Transit

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In this specialized but illuminating work, Harvard-trained anthropologist Steiner analyzes the assumptions behind the work of native African art traders in Cote d'Ivoire, who serve as the link between African artists and Western collectors. He describes the trading process as not only a complex economic system but one of shifting cross-cultural exchange in which the image of Africa is continually redefined. Steiner classifies the range of sources and art objects available in the trading city of Abidjan, then describes how traders work. He analyzes different forms of bargaining (from careful negotiation with Western dealers to staged performance for tourists). More intriguingly, he argues that Western scholarship has influenced classification of art objects by ethnicity rather than by region, and observes how Africans seek authenticity in things Western, while visitors want symbols of a "primitive" lifestyle--as when he witnesses the barter of a mask for a Seiko watch. In the West, he notes, the practical value of African objects like baskets is ignored, while an obsession with the growing value of African art tends to negate appreciation of its beauty. Photos not seen by PW. 

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SEGY Ladislas

Masks of Black Africa

 

Détails sur le produit: - Broché: 248 pages - Editeur: Dover Publications Inc. (6 septembre 1976) - Langue: Anglais - ISBN-10: 048623181X - ISBN-13: 978-0486231815

 

Descrizione libro: Dover Publications, NY, 1976. First Edition; 4to, 248 pages. Comprehensive study of Arican masks, profusely illustrated with 264 b&w photographs of masks from all parts of Africa, each identified by tribe, place of origin, and ritual use. Includes masks of the Dogon, Bambara, Senufo, Guere (Ngere)-Wobe, Baule, Kuyu, Yoruba, Baga, Bapende, Bwa, Bobo-Fing, Ibo, and many other tribes. Lengthy introductory essay discussing the psychology of the masks, roles of the dancer, naturalism vs. abstraction, carving styles, the place of the carver in tribal society, and much other background material. Extensive tribal location map at the front. A Dover original first edtion. Fine, in illustrated

PETRIDIS Constantine

Art and Power in the Central African Savanna: Luba - Songye - Chokwe - Luluwa

 

Détails sur le produit: Relié: 160 pages - Editeur: MercatorFonds (29 septembre 2008) 

Langue: Anglais - ISBN-10: 9061538300 - ISBN-13: 978-9061538301

 

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Hardback with jacket, 120 illustrations, 100 in colour. Revealing the powers immanent in works that the West long regarded only as exotic or abstract, Constantine Petridis looks beneath the surface of the arts of the Luba, Songye, Chokwe and Luluwa peoples to find, literally embedded in sculpture, the forces that enable the spirit world to intervene in daily life. Ritual use of these objects is expected to ensure a healthy birth, successful hunt, or triumph over an enemy. Analysis of the scholarly record illuminates the changing visions of leadership and prestige that fostered the development of the majestic, elaborate figure styles long prized in the

PERROIS Louis & GRAND-DUFAY Charlotte

PUNU

 

Détails sur le produit: Broché: 160 pages - Editeur: Five Continents Editions (12 juin 2008) - Collection: Visions of Africa Series - Langue: Anglais - ISBN-10: 8874394012 - ISBN-13: 978-8874394012

 

Descrizione libro: I Punu, stanziati nella regione sud-occidentale del Gabon, fanno parte di un gruppo di popolazioni essenzialmente conosciute per le maschere bianche. Questi oggetti non hanno mai cessato di impressionare, dai collezionisti agli appassionati di arte africana, fino agli artisti occidentali dell'inizio del Novecento; Picasso, in particolare, ne possedeva una. Il volto ricoperto di argilla bianca, gli occhi leggermente a mandorla, la bocca dalle labbra rosse finemente contornate e l'acconciatura sofisticata composta di varie ciocche di capelli intrecciati, fanno parte delle caratteristiche stilistiche delle maschere. Gli autori studiano il contesto di uso rituale di questi importanti oggetti, che i Punu e le popolazioni loro collegate utilizzavano in occasione di danze chiamate, tra gli altri nomi, "mukuyi". Le maschere appartenevano al "bwiri", congregazione di soli uomini, e coloro che le portavano erano scelti esclusivamente tra gli iniziati. Costoro eseguivano danze acrobatiche su trampoli, il più delle volte in occasione di riti funerari e in onore degli antenati, incarnati dalle maschere. Questi ultimi assumevano, così, un ruolo di vigilanza allontanando le forze del male. Le danze esistono anche attualmente, ma in un contesto di festeggiamenti, senza rispettare più l'anonimato di chi le indossa. La ricerca delle tradizioni e delle loro correlazioni con il contesto della regione del Gabon meridionale, passa in rassegna altri oggetti, molto meno

PERROIS Louis

FANG

 

Détails sur le produit: Broché: 156 pages, cm 16,5x24 - ill. col e b/n - Editeur: Five Continents Editions, Milano; Édition: 1 (22 juin 2006) - Collection: Visions of Africa Series - Langue: Anglais 

ISBN-10: 8874392958 - ISBN-13: 978-8874392957

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Fin dai tempi della "scoperta" delle arti africane a opera di Braque e Picasso l'arte dei Fang è considerata una delle più emblematiche tra le arti dell'Africa nera. Ma la subitanea celebrità di alcune effigi ha portato, paradossalmente, a misconoscere le molteplici fonti ed espressioni dell'immaginario fang. Il presente volume analizza finalmente tutti i manufatti a carattere sociale, rituale o simbolico. Statuette o semplici teste connesse al culto degli antenati, maschere da danza dei vari riti, insegne di potere, copricapo e ornamenti, armi, strumenti musicali ornati, utensili della vita di tutti i giorni testimoniano, con i loro diversi materiali, una creatività estetica straordinariamente diversificata, in armonia con il variopinto universo di credenze e

NOTUE' Jean-Paul et TRIACA Bianca

 

MANKON: Arts Heritage And Culture From The Mankon Kingdom - Catalogue of the Mankon Museum

 

Détails sur le produit: Broché: 255 pages, 46 color and 217 black & white photographs. Editeur: Five Continents Editions; Édition: illustrated edition (1 janvier 2005) - Langue: Anglais 

ISBN-10: 8874392001 - ISBN-13: 978-8874392001

 

Descrizione libro: It is in a plural perspective, an association of history, ethnography, stylistic analysis and aesthetics, that this work presents the artistic and cultural production of the small kingdom of Mankon on the high plateaux of western Cameroon: these objects, linked with rituals, of prestige or more ordinary ones are all charged with meaning, but also with identified characteristic shapes, all bearing the memory of the treasures of kings, notables and secret societies. This production of the arts plays a fundamental role in cultural continuity, protects evidence of the past and preserves objects used in rites for the well-being of society. This is why they form an essential part of the artistic and cultural heritage of the whole of Mankon. They are extraordinarily rich, both regarding the quality of the objects, by the diversity of domains they approach and by the variety of decorative patterns (men, animals, geometric and plant shapes etc.), styles and

MULLEN-KREAMER Christine, FREYER Bryna et NICOLLS Andrea

African Vision: The Walt Disney-Tishman African Art Collection

Détails sur le produit: Relié: 235 pages - Editeur: Prestel; Édition : illustrated edition (30 mars 2007) - Langue: Anglais - ISBN-10: 3791338021 - ISBN-13: 978-3791338026

Descriptions du produit: Ninety renowned masterpieces of African art that inspired artists at the Walt Disney studios. In 2005, the Walt Disney Company donated its Walt Disney-Tishman African Art Collection to the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African Art in Washington, D.C. Considered one of the world's finest collections of African art, the Disney-Tishman Collection contains iconic pieces dating from the fifteenth to twentieth centuries and showcases art that represents seventy-five peoples and twenty countries. This book explores the many ways that the collection reflects Africa's rich history and culture and focuses particularly on objects used in performance, rituals, and as emblems of power. Figures carved in stone, wood, and ivory; stools, masks, crowns, jewelry, and hunting tools--each object is presented in vivid color plates and accompanied by texts providing information about the objects' history, uses, and materials. This beautiful book accompanies the first public presentation of the collection in the past twenty years, permitting a new generation to experience one of America's national treasures.

About the author: Christine Mullen Kreamer is Curator at the National Museum of African Art. Bryna Freyer is Curator for Collections at the National Museum of African Art. Andrea Nicolls is curatorial liaison for loan at the National Museum of African Art. Martin Sklar is Vice Chairman and Principal Creative Executive of Walt Disney

MEYER Laure

Art and craft in Africa: Everyday life, ritual, court art

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Broché: 207 pages - Editeur: Terrail, first English edition, 1995. - Langue: Anglais 

ISBN-10: 2879390982 - ISBN-13: 978-2879390987

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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

HOMBERGER Lorenz, Geary M. Christraud, Koloss Joachim

CAMEROON: Art and Kings

Détails sur le produit: - Broché: 255 pages - Editeur: Museum Rietberg, Switzerland (15 mars 2008) Langue: Anglais - ISBN-10: 3907077369 - ISBN-13: 978-3907077368

Descrizione libro: The ancient kingdoms of the Cameroon Grassfields are famous for their splendid artworks - thrones ornamented with precious European beads, wooden figures sculptured by unknown masters, enormous drums, finely carved jewelry made from ivory and brass, as well as fabulous masks. This book presents 150 impressive masterpieces from the courts of the Grassfield kingdoms. Historical photographs illustrate the magnificent life at the courts so enthusiastically described by the first European visitors in the late 19th century. Additional field photographs taken in recent years show that the traditions in the Grassfields are still alive and cared for today. Two leading scholars in the field of Cameroonian art give an important introduction to the fascinating and complex world of the Grassfield kingdoms: their rituals, secret societies, and, above all, the meaning of art in this context. Christraud M. Geary explores the dynamic of palace art in the kingdom of Bamum, whch repeatedly adapted to ever-changing conditions and maintained a continuous dialogue with the outside world. Hans-Joachim Koloss gives a detailed overview of court art in the North West Province, focusing in particular on the numerous masks which are owned by the palaces as well as the secret

HEROLD Erich

Arte Africana

 

Descrizione libro: La Spezia, F.lli Melita, 1991., 1991. in-4°, pp. 240 con numerose ill. n.t. anche acolori e alcune a piena pagina. Leg. in tela - edit. con sovrac. figurata. Buono l'interno. - ISBN: 88-403-6470-6

 

L'opera propone uno studio di tutte le forme d'espressione dell'arte africana a Sud del Sahara. La sua originalità consiste nel trattare non solo la scultura figurata ma anche oggetti d'uso corrente. La maggior attenzione è dedicata alla scultura in legno che occupa un posto importante nella vita spirituale africana. Essa è studiata sia dal punto di vista tematico che da quello

HAHNER-HERZOG Iris, Maria Kecskesi, Lazlo Vajda

 

African Masks: From the Barbier-Mueller Collection

 

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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

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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,

 

FISCHER Eberhard

GURO: Masks, Performances, and Master Carvers in Ivory Coast

 

Détails sur le produit: Relié: 520 pages - 244mm x 45mm x 303mm. - Editeur: Prestel (3 mars 2008) - Langue: Anglais - ISBN-10: 3791339419 - ISBN-13: 978-3791339412

 

Descrizione libro: The Guro people of Africa's Ivory Coast are renowned for their rich mask and sculpture traditions. These objects of joyful and sublime beauty are used in a variety of social and spiritual ceremonies. Art ethnologist Eberhard Fischer has spent decades researching the Guro traditions and documenting their way of life. In this book he presents a collection of hundreds of images, many of them published for the first time, of masks and woodcarvings, as well as lively scenes of Guro dances and artisans at work. Numerous interviews with prominent Guro, including religious officials, carvers, weavers, dancers, and cult masters, enhance the appreciation of this society. Eberhard's unique understanding of the Guro makes this volume a standard work on the art and culture of these

FALGAYRETTES-LEVEAU Christiane, David Le Breton, Mohamed Kacimi et Jean Yoyotte

 

Signes du corps

 

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Relié: 390 pages - Editeur: Editions Dapper (15 septembre 2004) - Langue: Français 

ISBN-10: 2915258058 - ISBN-13: 978-2915258059

FALGAYRETTES-LEVEAU Christiane, David Le Breton, Mohamed Kacimi et Jean Yoyotte: 

Signes du corps

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Sur tous les continents, depuis la nuit des temps, dans les sociétés dites "traditionnelles", les individus inscrivent à même leur chair des marques, éphémères ou indélébiles, qui affirment une identité, jalonnent une initiation, précisent une hiérarchie, accompagnent une thérapie. Le corps n'atteint sa véritable plénitude, sa dimension sociale, spirituelle, "civilisée", que par cette ornementation peinte, gravée, sertie, par ces interventions et ces transformations artificielles. Tatouage, scarification, piercing, implants, branding, font aujourd'hui surface dans les sociétés dites " évoluées ". Ces pratiques fondées le plus souvent sur une volonté de transgression et de dissidence sont dissociées de toute ritualité sociale ou religieuse. Et vite sollicitées par la mode. Se référant parfois

FALGAYRETTES-LEVEAU Christiane (intro.), PRESTON BLIER Suzanne, CISSE Youssouf Tata, BOULORE Vincent & BOURGEOIS P. Arthur (essays)

 

Magies

 

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Relié: 269 pages - Editeur: Editions Dapper (1 septembre 1996) - Langue: Français 

ISBN-10: 2906067342 - ISBN-13: 978-2906067349 (publication n°24)

 

Descrizione libro: Ril. cm. 25x33, pp 269, moltissime tavole in b/n e a colori. Catalogo della mostra (Paris, 21 Novembre 1996 - 29 Settembre 1997 al museo Dapper) sul mondo della magia, o piuttosto del soprannaturale e della divinazione nell'arte e nei manufatti africani. Feticci, talismani e oggetti

FALGAYRETTES-LEVEAU Christiane, Gérard Delorme, Michel Leveau, Dominique Blanc

 

Gabon: Présence des esprits

 

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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

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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,

DIAKONOFF Serge & LONGCHAMP André

 

L'âme de l'Afrique: Masques et sculptures

 

 

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Broché: 374 pages 

Editeur : Editions de l'Amateur (4 décembre 2008) 

Collection : L'esprit des arts 

Langue : Français - ISBN-10: 285917494X  - ISBN-13: 978-2859174941

IAKONOFF Serge & LONGCHAMP André   -   L'âme de l'Afrique : Masques et sculptures

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De lointaines racines africaines, le jazz est sorti des bastringues de la Nouvelle-Orléans pour devenir l'événement musical majeur du XXe siècle. De même, des objets étranges venus d'Afrique, sortis des malles des missionnaires, des médecins et des administrateurs coloniaux, sont passés du Musée d'Ethnographie au Musée d'Art et d'Histoire où ils ont acquis leurs lettres de noblesse. C'est un événement. Au moment où l'art africain fut révélé dans sa forme à Picasso, Matisse, Breton et les autres, notre art s'est transformé. La différence de perception entre notre approche de cet art et la sensibilité de ceux qui créèrent l'art moderne réside dans le fait, qu'aujourd'hui, le sens même des

COSSA Egidio - PAUDRAT Jean-Louis 

a cura di Chantal Dandrieu e Fabrizio Giovagnoni

 

Passione d'Africa:  l'arte africana nelle collezioni italiane

 

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Editore: OFFICINA LIBRARIA SRL

Pubblicazione: 10/2009

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 COSSA Egidio - PAUDRAT Jean-Louis - a cura di Chantal Dandrieu e Fabrizio Giovagnoni:

Passione d'Africa:  l'arte africana nelle collezioni italiane

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Passione d’Africa traccia la storia del collezionismo di arte dell’Africa subsahariana in Italia – o di italiani residenti all’estero – a partire dagli anni cinquanta fino ai nostri giorni. Il volume, con una introduzione di Egidio Cossa, riproduce oltre 130 capolavori, selezionati per il loro valore estetico e perché illustrano le tappe di questa vicenda collezionistica.

Il libro vuole restituire una fotografia oggettiva, senza partiti presi o pretese di esclusività, del collezionismo d’arte africana in Italia. Lo fa con l’ampio saggio di Jean-Louis Paudrat e con la completissima crono-bibliografia dello stesso studioso che elenca oltre cinquant’anni di pubblicazioni, mostre, convegni ed aste di arte africana in Italia. Da questa ricognizione emerge una nuova immagine del collezionismo d’arte africana in Italia, a torto ritenuto un ‘parente