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Language/Symbols in African Art
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June 21st, 2007, 06:30 PM
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Language/Symbols in African Art
Dear ArtConversation visitors,
This is an interesting online presentation for an Exhhibit at National Museum of African Art. "Inscribing Meaning: Writing + Graphics in African Art" http://africa.si.edu/exhibits/inscribing/index2.html Exhibit is on view at National Museum of African Art through Aug 26. From the web site: "Inscribing Meaning explores the relationships between African art and the communicative powers of language, graphic systems and the written word. For thousands of years, African artists have incorporated writing and graphic symbols into their art with great ingenuity and creativity." An artist I have "talked" to via email has a work in this exhibit. Victor Ekpuk, Nigerian artist, has a piece shown in the Sacred Scripts section. Clicking on the section titles will take you to a sampling of the works of art featured in the exhibition. The exhibition will be on view at the UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History Oct. 14, 2007, to Feb. 17, 2008. Enjoy, Judy Decker |
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