Evansville Museum Contemporaries - Featured African Art Matt Rowe
ART OF AFRICA: OBJECTS FROM THE COLLECTION OF WARREN ROBBINS
Opening the EvansvilleMuseum’s
2010 exhibition schedule is the nationally touring exhibition Art of Africa:
Objects from the Collection of Warren Robbins. Art of Africa is
from the collection of the RobbinsCenter for Cross Cultural Communication and organized
by International Art & Artists, WashingtonDC. Educational materials
for the exhibition were funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment
for the Arts. The exhibition continues through March 14.
Chokwe People Mask
Warren Robbins, founder of the RobbinsCenter for Cross Cultural Communication,
was also the founder and director emeritus of the National Museum of African
Art, now a branch of the Smithsonian Institution.
Edo People Mask
In Africa,
art is central to life in traditional societies. At every stage of the
human life cycle, hand-crafted visual forms are used to fulfill spiritual and
practical needs. Art forms are visual representations of certain deities
and ancestral spirits, which serve as intermediaries between humans and the
spiritual world headed by a supreme deity. The 65 objects in this
exhibition, including sculpture, textiles, beaded clothing and jewelry, broadly
represent the creativity and diversity of artistic expressions of 30 cultures
of sub-Saharan Africa.
Presented in partnership with the WILLIAM
C. H. GRIMM, JR. and PHYLLIS R. GRIMM CHARITABLE TRUST and THE EVANSVILLE
COURIER AND PRESS
RECENT GIFTS OF AFRICAN ART FEATURED IN
MAIN GALLERY EXHIBITION
Yaka People Mask Republic of Congo
In 2008, nine pieces of Dogon sculpture were
donated to the EvansvilleMuseum’s permanent
collection of African art by Palmina and Stephen S. Pace. The Dogon, an ethnic
group located mainly in Mali,
West Africa, are recognized for their carved
wood sculpture. Continuing through March 14, this special
exhibition of works in the Museum’s own holdings complements the temporary
exhibition Art of Africa: Objects from the Collection of Warren Robbins.
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