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African Arts: The Impossible Collection

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While traditional African works of art were created first and foremost in a ritual context, surely that in no way excludes their aesthetic dimension. Made by artists whose audacity, inventiveness...

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Having trained in archaeology and art history, Bérénice Geoffroy-Schneiter is an art historian, art critic, and exhibition curator. For the past thirty years, she has been a contributor to many specialist magazines (Archéologia, The Art Newspaper, Beaux Arts Magazine, Connaissance des Arts, and Artpassions, among others), and she is the editor in chief for the European edition of Tribal Art magazine. She has also published numerous books and exhibition catalogs covering the arts in Africa and Oceania, as well as the art of finery, including two volumes of Primitive Arts (1999–2006), Parures ethniques: le culte de la beauté (2021), and Gold: The Impossible Collection (2022).

The Classics Collection

African Arts: The Impossible Collection

$1,260

African works abound within Europe’s museums and attract many visitors. Although we do not know who made them, we cannot ignore the masterpieces of African art.

— Chéri Samba, contemporary African artist

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Page count

232 pages

Number of illustrations

over 150

Language

English

Released on

December 2024

Dimensions

W 30 x L 39 x D 0 cm

Cover materials

Hardcover in a luxury clamshell

ISBN

9781649804310

Weight

9.072 kg

Bérénice Geoffroy-Schneiter

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