Embodying the sacred in Yoruba art : featuring the Bernard and Patricia Wagner Collection / essay by Babatunde Lawal ; exhibition co-curated by Carol Thompson, Christa Clarke.
Publisher:
High Museum of Art ;
Copyright Date:
2007
Description:
119 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 28 cm
Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 22, 2007-Apr. 2008 and the Newark Museum, Newark, N.J., June 6-Aug. 24, 2008. "The idea for this exhibition grew out of Bernard and Patricia Wagner's generous offer to give significant works of art from their collection to the High Museum and to the Newark Museum, in equal portion."--P. 6. Includes bibliographical references (pages 114-118).
Contents:
Directors' foreword, acknowledgements / Michael E. Shapiro, Mary Sue Sweeney Price -- Author's acknowledgements / Babatunde Lawal -- Collecting African art : a personal odyssey / Bernard and Patricia Wagner -- Yoruba art in the Newark Museum / Christa Clarke -- Yoruba art in the High Museum of Art / Carol Thompson -- Embodying the sacred in Yoruba art / Babatunde Lawal. Introduction ; Oríladé : the head is a crown ; Àmì Òrìsà : altar arts and sacred symbols ; Ère Ìbejì : oneness in twoness ; Edan Ògbóni : art for longevity, prosperity, and social stability ; Odúndé, Odúnjo : masquerade festivals ; Cultural inheritance, revival, & reinterpretation of Yoruba art & culture in the Americas.
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