DIE KUNST SCHWARZAFRIKAS. KUNST UND GESELLSCHAFT

Description

THE ART OF BLACK AFRICA. Art and Society: Works from the collection of the Ethnographic Museum of the University of Zurich. The high social status that the artist holds, especially in societies organized at national level, becomes understandable the social significance of art. In some African kingdoms it is assimilated to the most senior leader for his work and receives considerable goods services. The direction that led the artist to make objects, emphasizes the exclusivity of its own stress to it, making it your own. This process reflects more than the esteem of artistic work; it is an expression of control that the state elite is willing to carry on the artist makes with his work and legitimate social position in visible concrete form.