2 auctions in New York in May Sotheby’s and Bonhams, more details in members area below.
A Kota of Morris J. Pinto and the artist Armand Arman
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Sale Announcement: At auction in New York African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art including Property from Muensterberger, the Lerner, Shoher and Vogel Collections
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In this video I discuss the projects of the Tervuren Museum and the % of shown pieces.
At the end of 2012 the Tervuren museum will close its doors for major renovation works. The expo UNCENSORED. Vivid tales from behind the scenes is the last exhibition before the work is carried out and your final chance to visit a ‘colonial museum’.
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UNCENSORED Vivid tales from behind the scenes (23 September 2011 – 8 July 2012) |
I also present some object you can add to your collection.
At the next auction in New York you can buy a Bena Lulua mask estimated at 1,5 to 2,5 million dollars, but since I find this NOT SO AFFORDABLE, for the most of us I wanted to give you a chance to get some nice African art at a much lower price. Make your choice, each object african mask or african statue in the above video is 1000 €, please contact me if interested, first to contact me get it.
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David Norden African Art
Sint Katelijnevest 27
B2000 Antwerpen
Belgium
http://www.buyafricanantiques.com
tel+32 3 227.35.40
“Heroic Africans” is arriving in Zurich. Opening on February 26th, 2012
"Heroic Africans" is arriving in Zurich. Opening on February 26th 2012
Heroic Africans 26 February to 3 June 2012
«If you still think that African art is not your thing, there’s an exhibition that may change your mind. It’s called «Heroic Africans: Legendary Leaders, Iconic Sculptures,» it is as beautiful to look at as a show can possibly be. It is a perception changer in other ways too, as it argues, through demonstration, against basic misunderstandings surrounding this art. African art has no history? No independent tradition of realism? No portraiture? All African sculpture looks basically alike, meaning «primitive»? African and Western art are fundamentally different in content and purpose? Wrong across the board.»
- Holland Cotter, The New York Times
Over the centuries, artists across sub-Saharan Africa have memorialized eminent figures in their societies using an astonishingly diverse repertoire of naturalistic and abstract sculptural idioms. Adopting complex aesthetic fromulations, they idealized their subjects but also added specific details—such as emblems of rank, scarification patterns, and elaborate coiffures—in order to evoke the individuals represented. Imbued with the essence of their formidable subjects, these works played an essential role in reifying ties with important ancestors at critical moments of transition. Often their transfer from one generation to the next was a prerequisite for conferring legitimacy upon the leaders who followed. The arrival of Europeans as traders, then as colonizers, led to the dislocation of many of these sculptures from their original sites, as well as from the contexts in which they were conceived; thus, today, they are seen primarily as timeless representations of generic archetypes. Heroic Africans reexamines the sculptures in terms of the individuals who inspired them and the cultural values that informed them, providing insight into the hidden meaning and inspiration behind these great artistic achievements.
Author Alisa LaGamma considers the landmark sculptural traditions of the kingdoms of Ife and Benin, both in Nigeria; Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire’s Akan chiefdoms; the Bangwa and Kom chiefdoms of the Cameroon Grassfields; the Chokwe cheifdoms of Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (D.R.C.); and the D.R.C’s Luluwa, Kuba, and Hemba chiefdoms. More than 140 masterpieces created between the 12th and the early 20th century—complemented by maps, drawings, and excavation and ceremonial photographs—reveal the religious and aesthetic conventions that defined distinct regional genres.
Alisa LaGamma is Curator, Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
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