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Congo River: arts of central africa
Asian
Civilizations Museum - Singapore
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Congo River: Arts of Central Africa
Congo River: arts of central africa - is the first exhibition of
its kind held in Southeast Asia. During January 2011, the
owner of the gallery visited Singapore. Imagine
his surprise upon leaving the hotel to spot these posters!
(below) It was a FANTASTIC surprise after trekking for
over a month through Cambodia and Vietnam. The quality of
art shown at the exhibition astounded the weary traveler and so
we thought to share the images with you.
Asian Civilizations Museum - Singapore
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Museum Entrance - CONGO RIVER - arts of
central africa Exhibition
The material at the exhibition was drawn from the Musée du quai
Branly - Paris, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren
Belgium, Musée National Picasso - Paris, National Museum of
Ethnology, Leiden Netherland's and a private collection. IT was
excellent!
The chief Curator was Francois Neyt, a priest ex Belgium Congo (Zaire)
- author of L'art Eket -
Collection Azar, L 'art Holo du Haut-Kwango, Luba - to the
sources of the Zaire, Miniature Sculptures from Zaire, Songye
- la redoutable statuaire songye d'Afrique centrale and most
recently FLEUVE CONGO.
Fleuve Congo is the result of the exhibition. The book was awarded the International Tribal Art Book
Prize for 2010. An international body of magazine editors,
tribal art scholars and collectors chose the winners based on
strict criteria, including the quality of evidence presented,
interest of the topic, iconography, quality of printing and the
books accessibility to a wide audience.
Francois Neyt -
Congo River Exhibition Fleuve CONGO
Francois Neyt opened the exhibition at the Asian Civilizations
Museum in Singapore.
Click the image above
left to
view a visual presentation of this exhibition.
Asian Civilizations Museum curators: Tan
Huism / Clement Onn
Project Manager:
Lawrence Tio
Education:
Karen Chin - Cherry Thian - Michelle Ho
Interactive Design:
Simple Story
Exhibition Title and Guide:
Charlene Soh
Exhibition Installation and Lighting:
Mazlan Anuar - Abdul Hazis - Idris Salleh - Tan Yong Hock
Special Thanks:
Jacques Viault
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CONGORIVER - arts of centrial africa - Asian Civilizations Museum -
Singapore
Information obtained from the Museums website.
The mighty Congo River winds its way
through the very heart of Africa, from lush rainforests to wide
grassy plains. The Congo also links diverse cultures as well as
three modern nations, whose rich artistic traditions are
explored in this exhibition. Encounter beautifully crafted
sculptures, masks and ancestor figures, and learn about their
importance in ceremonies, rituals and dances. The visual power
of these objects have long impressed collectors and artists, and
the exhibition also displays works by Pablo Picasso, who in the
early 20th century was strongly influenced by African art as he
developed his modernist style.
Known as the ‘river that swallows all rivers’, the Congo today
links the nations of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the
Republic of Congo and Gabon. Drawing from the musée du quai
Branly and other European collections of African art, Congo
River: Arts of Central Africa is the first of its kind to be
held in Southeast Asia.
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The exhibition CONGO RIVER - inside the
Asian Civilizations Museum - Singapore
This image awarded the taker with a lecture regarding 'flashes'.
Images that follow give testament that a tripod was
absent. Pablo Picasso original paintings lent by the Musée National Picasso - Paris,
as well as a fabulous story attached to them, were photographically off limits. One painting
stood out and the text was deeply invigorating. ☺
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Teke-Tsaayi Mask - Collection of musée du
quai Branly -Gift of Victor Babet
We have tried to include a
picture of each object
viewed, in more or less the sequence a visitor would have
encountered them. The pictures do little to express the power radiated
from so many of the objects. To the organizers in Singapore, Europe and the departed artists represented -
Wow
and thanks!
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Reliquary
Figure - Mbede - Gabon or Republic of Congo - 19th century - Musée
du quai Branly - Paris
Text on
display: With a half body, this figure has
an elongated forehead. This sculpture would have been placed on top
of a hollowed-out tree trunk that contained the bones of ancestors.
Such two-part relic containers made by the Mbede people are rare.
Gift from M. Thallon
Again - to the organizers in
Singapore, Europe and the departed artists represented -
Wow
and thanks!
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