Sculptures vaudou Nago et Fon, Bénin
Wood, rope, shells, metal, cloth, clay, feathers, plants, bones, sacrificial patina,
Collection Anne and Jacques Kerchache
Photo © Yuji Ono
The Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art will present an exceptional collection of objects from the collection Voodoo Anne and Jacques Kerchache through a set design by Enzo Mari.
Explorer and self-taught expert, Jacques Kerchache (1942-2001) is famous for his eye and requiring knowledge of primitive art that he developed through his many trips to Africa and Central America and South America. By the second half of the sixties, he began a series of expeditions on the African continent, hence the search of rare and remarkable, as well as great artists who created them. At this time, during his early travels in the present Republic of Benin, the birthplace of voodoo, it recognizes the aesthetic power and originality of statuary plastic voodoo and start to meet what has become one of the largest collections of African sculpture voodoo. (Excerpt from press release)
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Exhibition from April 5 to September 25, 2011 Cartier Foundation
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