African Art Club

Lucien van de Velde collection in Antwerp-Belgium. He is giving a private exhibition for his friends.

A pair of Moba's from Lucien van de Velde catalogue-Abstraction

Ask for his new catalogue: “Abstraction in African Art, less is more” or download the pdf in the members section below. If in Antwerp come also visit David Norden

Lucien Van de Velde & Joanna Teunen
Antwerpen, 27 & 28 February 2010

See the following objects in the pdf catalogue:

AKAN marionette, Ivory Coast, h. 73 cm
ASHANTI dolls, Ghana, h. 34 & 35.5 cm
BAMANA tjiwara antilope, Mali, h. 76 cm
BAMANA kono mask, Mali, h. 77 cm (ex coll. Nieuwland)
BEMBE helmet janus mask, D. R. Congo, h. 53 cm (ex coll. Lawson Mooney)
DOGON hermaphrodite figure, Mali, h. 57 cm (ex coll. Goldet)
FANG head with reliquary, Gabon, h. 47 cm (publ. Barbier-Müller)
GURO pulley, Ivory Coast, h. 25 cm (publ. Schädler 2001)
KIKUYU shield, Kenya, h. 67 cm (ex coll. Nieuwland)
LEGA janus head, D. R. Congo, h. 19 cm (ex coll. Hallet)
LEGA ivory mask, D.R. Congo, h. 17 cm
LOBI stool with 4 heads, Burkina Faso, l. 64 cm
MARKA mask, Mali, h. 46 cm
MOBA figure, Apt. A, res, Togo, h. 107  & 97 cm
NGBAKA mask, D. R. Congo, h. 28 cm
PINDI ceremonial axe, D. R. Congo, h. 31 cm
SALAMPASU mask, D. R. Congo, h. 29.5 cm (ex coll. Kegel-Konietzko)
SENUFO mask, Ivory Coast, h. 46 cm (publ. Vanuxem 2007)
SENUFO kafigueledio figure, Ivory Coast, h. 75 cm
SHI ritual object, D. R. Congo, l. 48 cm
SHI mask, D. R. Congo, h. 30.5 cm
SONGYE kifwebe mask, D. R. Congo, h. 43 cm
TOMA mask, Guinea, h. 60 cm
ZARAMO doll, Tanzania, h. 14 cm (ex coll. Felix)

Contact information and pdf catalogue link below:

The gallery 2R Ritual from Brussels is presenting “On the Roads of Congo” 20 Tribal Masks From the 2nd of October to the 2nd of November 2009 . Click African masks thumbs to enlarge:

If you see something that catch your eye, you can call Renaud on his mobile +32 479 50 43 90 or if in Brussels you can visit the Galllery 2R Ritual | tribal art gallery  in the 2 rue van Moer, 1000 Brussels-Belgium

A fine Songye from Alain Naoum collection

Interview with Alain Naoum  April 28, 2009, part one.

David  Norden:    First let me ask what interested you initially in African Art, and how did you start dealing in the area.- Can you tell us what tribes and type of objects you sold best in the past? Do you see some actual trends?

Alain Naoum:  Since I was a child I have been always interested by the history of mankind, like most children I imagine. Questions about where we came from, what was early man and life like, etc. always held my interest.  I also really enjoyed reading the comics of “Tintin” – “Les Septs Boules de Crystal,”  “Les Cigares du Pharaon,” etc.

For details and more pictures see http://africanartclub.com/african-art/pende-art/

Discover the Art of the Pende tribe. See 45 more images from the printed catalogue in the member section and a pdf interview (in French) from Mr. Desaive about his passion on collecting Pende Art. You can combine the March 20, 2009 opening at 6 p.m. at the Philippe et Lisa Laeremans Gallery with the Eurantica Fair that is also going on in Brussels at the same moment