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Dallas Museum of Art highlights African silk production

By Chadd ScottDecember 25, 2020December 26, 20200 Comments

Lamba akotifahana, Madagascar, Malagasy peoples, Merino group, mid- to late 19th century, silk, Dallas Museum of Art, Textile Purchase Fund, 2019.75.

The focused exhibition spotlights the centuries-old sub-Saharan tradition of silk production through indigenous and imported practices.

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‘Second Careers’ pairs highlights from Cleveland Museum of Art’s African collection and works by six contemporary African artists

By Chadd ScottNovember 3, 2020October 31, 20200 Comments

'When All Is Said and Done (detail),' 2016. Nnenna Okore (Australia, b. 1975). Burlap, jute rope, wire, and dye; 304.8 x 731.5 cm. © Nnenna Okore. Image courtesy the artist.

‘Second Careers: Two Tributaries in African Art’ probes this connection through a smart selection of stellar highlights from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s African collection and loaned works by six contemporary African artists of different generations.

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Starting Blocks For Transatlantic Slave Trade Explored By Artist Paa Joe At High Museum Of Art

By Chadd ScottJuly 17, 2020August 31, 20200 Comments

Paa Joe (Ghanaian, born 1947), '[Fort] Gross - Friedrichsburg – Princetown.' 1683 Brandenburg, 1717 - 24 Ahanta, 1724 Neths, 1872 Britain, 2004 – 2005 and 2017, emele wood and enamel. PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM, GIFT OF JACK SHAINMAN GALLERY, 2019.58.2 . PHOTO © PAA JOE, COURTESY OF THE ARTIST AND JACK SHAINMAN GALLERY, NEW YORK.

Ghanaian artist Joseph Tetteh-Ashong (born 1947), popularly known as Paa Joe, gives shape to the starting blocks of the Middle Passage at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta’s presentation of “Paa Joe: Gates of No Return.”

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