Monday, October 23, 2006

Why I will never be an expert in African art (11 cents)

Fon, Kota Baman, Kissi, Kongo, Nafana, Bembe, Boki, Yoruba, Tsogo, Attie, Lumbo, Senufo, Bullum, Edo, Idoma, Dogon.

Those are the groups resposible for the 23 works of art in the preview exhibit of the 525 item Disney Tishman collection at the Museum of African Art.

To understand the art in just this preview exhibit, you would need to understand something about the Fon, Kota, Baman, Kissi, Kongo, Nafana, Bembe, Boki, Yoruba, Tsogo, Attie, Lumbo, Senufo, Bullum, Edo and Idoma, not to mention the Dogon.

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