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Art of the Cameroon grasslands

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Format : Relié sous jaquette
Nb de pages : 398 pages
Poids : 2760 g
Dimensions : 25cm X 30cm
ISBN : 979-12-5460-062-7
EAN : 9791254600627

Art of the Cameroon grasslands


Collection(s) | Art africain
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Relié sous jaquette 398 pages
with a contribution by Michael Oehrl
foreword by Karl-Ferdinand Schädler
photographs by Andreas Achmann
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Quatrième de couverture

Art of the Cameroon Grasslands unveils the artistic creativity of a region of West Africa through the Weis Collection. With texts by Peter Weis and Bettina von Lintig, and a contribution by Michael Oehrl, the book is a comprehensive overview of Grasslands art. In contrast to many other African regions, the works of the artists of the ethnic groups that live in the Grasslands are characterized by enormous diversity, dynamism, movement, asymmetry, power, and even unbridled wildness. Other works radiate tranquility, offering the viewer uncommon visual pleasure and delight. For centuries, kingdoms and rulers in this region competed with each other to create new works of art or perfect inherited styles. These works served cultural, profane, and representational purposes, and they reflected the social and ruling structures of the Grasslands - aspects that the book's essays and descriptions explore in detail.

Biographie

Peter Weis has collected ethnological artifacts - primarily African art - for nearly forty years. His research has focused in particular on works of traditional Cameroonian art. Dr. Weis studied economics and law, and has worked in industry and as a bank manager in Germany and abroad. He was subsequently appointed full professor of human resource management at Kempten University of Applied Sciences.

Bettina von Lintig completed her studies at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich with an ethnology doctorate specializing in the Cameroon Grasslands. She began publishing journalistic texts with an anthropological focus during her college years. As an expert on « tribal art, » she has worked in the trade, archived collections, and curated exhibitions. She was a member of the Bayreuth-based Humanities Collaborative Research Center's interdisciplinary program « Local Action in Africa in the Context of Global Influences, » and her research interest has focused on modernist and contemporary art movements in Senegal and Paris. She has worked as an independent researcher for many years and has published numerous books and essays.

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