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FARDON Richard and STELZIG Christine: Column to Volume: Pt. 1: Formal Innovation in Chamba Statuary Descriptions du produit: Descrizione libro |
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Saffron Books [EAP London], 2005.
Hardcover. 1st Edition. "Column to Volume: Formal Innovation in Chamba
Statuary" investigates the appearance on world art markets during the
1970s of statues identified as Chamba from West Africa. Sought after for
their artful execution, these statues were stylistically unlike anything
previously documented from the region. Are they what the art market
claimed? Who made them, when, where and why?To answer these questions,
Richard Fardon and Christine Stelzig had to combine the findings of
ethnographic research in Cameroon and Nigeria with museum and archival
research and the testimonies of art dealers and collectors. Profusely
illustrated, "Column to Volume" offers a comprehensive account of an
important sculptural tradition in West Africa, as well as fascinating
insights into the tribal branding, distribution, and copying, of African
art works during the 1970s.Identifying formal innovation in what has
been described as 'tribal' tradition, not least by tracing the
individual sculptor irresponsible for the most valued Chamba statues,
this account by Fardon and Stelzig will transform readers' appreciation
of Chamba sculpture. More than this, their collaboration provides an
instructive example of a fresh kind of inter-disciplinary and
multi-sited investigation that integrates local context of use,
collection histories, art markets and formal artistic appreciation to
reflect the local and global context through African artefacts
circulated during the 20th century. Saffron Afriscopes Series. |
