Download - VRA 2013, Documenting African Art, Pawloski
Documenting the Art of Africa: Creating New Vocabularies
Carole Pawloski Eastern Michigan University
Yaëlle BiroMetropolitan Museum of Art
Debra Klein Bard College
Visual Resources Association Annual Conference 2013 Providence Rhode Island
Endorsed by the VRA Education Committee
What is Missing:When Aesthetics Leave the Contextual
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Carole Pawloski [email protected]
Visual Resources Librarian, Professor of African ArtEastern Michigan University
April 4, 2013
Session: “Documenting Art of Africa: Creating New Vocabularies.”
Norfolk State University Art Gallery. Traditional display.
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Ghana. Ashanti group. Akua ba doll. Wood, beads. Height. 10 inches
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Charnelle Holloway. “Fertility Belt for the Career Woman.” 1995. repoussé metal, cowrie shells, raffia
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Mali. Bamana group. Hunter’s shirt. Amulets, cotton, animal skin, claws, horns
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Mali. Abdoulaye Konaté. Gris Gris Blanc (white gris gris)2006. 90 x 196 ¾ inches, cotton.
Mali. Dogon group. Dama masquerade. 2008.
Mali. Dogon group. Kanaga mask (on left). 2008.
Nick Cave. Soundsuit. 2009. fake fur, height. 70 inches
Nigeria. Yoruba group. Egungun mask. Fabric, wood. Height. 72 inches
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accumulation, animism, codification, visual canonical abstraction, performance,
ceremony, community, anonymity, nyama (life force), ritual, secrecy, symbolism,
multiplicity, and interaction
Traditional African ArtStylistic Characteristics
Ghana. El Anatsui. Earth’s Skin. 2007. aluminum bottle caps, copper wire
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Detroit Institute of Arts
Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, MI
Traditional African Art examples
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