Du Fleuve Niger Au Fleuve Congo Une aventure africaine
Claude-Henri Pirat
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From BOOKSELLER - ERIK TONEN BOOKS, Antwerpen, Belgium
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 04 July 2002
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Hardback, 350x250mm, 320p, throughout bw and col. illustrations English/ French edition . ISBN 9789079881307. Claude-Henri Pirat, qui est deja l'auteur de travaux publies sur differents sujets comme la statuaire des lobi ou le maitre de buli dont il a dresse le catalogue raisonne, nous devoile ici, de la grande sculpture de l'afrique de l'ouest ou de l'afrique centrale jusqu'aux objets les plus usuels, les oeuvres dont il est ou a ete le collectionneur. Grand voyageur, visitant regulierement le continent africain jusque dans ses endroits les plus recules, il documente son livre de nombreuses photos de terrain. Precedes d'un avant-propos d'Anne-Marie Bouttiaux et d'une preface de Francois Neyt, tous les textes, y compris les notices ethnographiques, sont de l'auteur et, comme il nous le dit dans son preambule : ? ayant decide d'ecrire moi-meme le texte de ce livre, cela me permettait de briser les codes, de ne pas circonscrire mon propos a une collection d'oeuvres d'art qui n'est qu'un des volets de l'interet que je porte a l'afrique, mais de l'elargir a la decouverte que j'ai faite de ce continent, de ses habitants et de ses productions artistiques, du marche de l'art et de ses acteurs, des musees, et de certaines des grandes questions qui ont fait et font debat en la matiere, et qui ont alimente chez moi des reflexions que j'ai pris la liberte d'exposer ici, au cours de developpements qui n'ont donc rien a voir avec un essai d'anthropologie, d'histoire de l'art ou d'esthetique ? . A cela s'ajoute un travail photographique original que l'auteur a decide d'entreprendre lui-meme sur les oeuvres d'art presentees, en tentant de renouer avec la sobre elegance de la photo en noir et blanc. Claude-Henri Pirat, who has already authored different publications about lobi statuary or the buli master of whom he established the 'catalogue raisonne', reveals in here, from the great sculpture of west and central africa to the most usual objects, the works of art he is or has been the collector of. A great traveller, regularly visiting the african continent up to the most remote places, includes many photographs from the field in his book. Following the foreword of Anne-Marie Bouttiaux and the preface of Francois Neyt, all the texts, including the ethnographic ones are by the author and as he says to us in his prologue : ? having finally decided to write the text myself enabled me to transgress established codes and not to limit its focus to a collection of works of art which is only one of the facets of my interest for africa, and to broaden it's content to include my discovery of this continent, of its inhabitants and its artistic production, of the art market and its actors, of the museums, and of some of the great questions that have been and still are under debate in this field, and that have fuelled in me reflections which i have taken the liberty of exposing here, through developments that have nothing to do with an anthropology, history of art or aesthetics essay.? To this, is added an original photographic work the author has decided to undertake himself concerning the works of art presented here, whith the aim of reviving the elegant black and white sobriety. 0 g. Seller Inventory # 50056
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Title: Du Fleuve Niger Au Fleuve Congo Une aventure...
Publisher: Primedia editions & Vision Publishers 2014
Binding: Hardcover
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