Spirit and Power in African Art

via the Goodwin-Ternbach Museum website:

Spirit and Power in African Art
Guest Curator, William Siegmann, Curator Emeritus, Dept. of African and Oceanic Art, Brooklyn Museum of Art

October 1 – December 15, 2007
Opening reception: Wednesday. October 3rd, 5:30-6:30 pm

This exhibition of over 100 objects from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries will comprise masks, figures, and ritual and practical objects.  Featured objects are made of wood, copper alloy, brass, bronze and ivory and come from regions throughout Africa such as Mali, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria and Zaire.

The objects are selected from the Godwin-Ternbach Museum’s permanent collection as well as that of the Queensborough Community College Art Gallery and will run concurrently with a special exhibition of Cameroon art www.qccartgallery.org on view at the Queensborough Community College Art Gallery.

Spirit and Power interprets each object’s aesthetic and social or religious significance and provides a compelling look at the influence and importance of African art in our current culture and economy.  Public programs will discuss these topics as well as the cross-currents of influence flowing between African and Western art.

Spirit and Power in African Art can be viewed from Monday through Thursday, 11 am – 7 pm and on Saturday from 11 am to 5 pm. Please note that the museum, located in Klapper Hall, Room 405, is not open on holidays and when the college is closed. Admission is free. For directions to Queens College, please visit: http://www.qc.cuny.edu/about/directions.php
                   
For further information about Spirit and Power in African Art and public lectures and tours associated   with this exhibition, call (718) 997-4747 or visit  www.qc.cuny.edu/godwin_ternbach.

Pictured above:
Kholuka mask. Wood, fiber, pigment
Yaka, Democratic Republic of the Congo
early to mid-20th c.
Gift of William Siegmann
Godwin-Ternbach Museum
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