Art/Object: Re-Contextualizing African Art

October 7, 2010
 - 
January 17, 2011

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A collection of masks,  costumes, sculptures, and other objects in their  original African settings.

gelede_mask
Gelede Mask

Art/Object: Re-contextualizing African Art includes powerful masks, costumes, sculptures and objects of everyday use that show through multimedia recreated environments, photographs and archival footage how African objects from public and private collections were used in their original settings often to mark important rituals and ceremonies.

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