Holland Cotter | Happening Africa https://www.happeningafrica.com Isabel S. Wilcox's blog about Creative Voices in African Arts, Culture, Education & Health Mon, 04 Jan 2016 03:58:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 28539646 Best Wishes For A Joyous and Peaceful New Year https://www.happeningafrica.com/best-wishes-for-a-joyous-and-peaceful-new-year/ Mon, 04 Jan 2016 03:58:34 +0000 http://www.happeningafrica.com/?p=2942   KONGO: POWER AND MAJESTY   but also beauty and emotion….                         ANCESTRAL SHRINE FIGURE: SEATED FEMALE. KONGO PEOPLES; YOMBE GROUP, 19TH – EARLY 20TH CENTURY.   Read Holland Cotter’s review

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KONGO: POWER AND MAJESTY


 

but also beauty and emotion….

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ANCESTRAL SHRINE FIGURE: SEATED FEMALE. KONGO PEOPLES; YOMBE GROUP, 19TH – EARLY 20TH CENTURY.

 

Read Holland Cotter’s review

The post Best Wishes For A Joyous and Peaceful New Year first appeared on Happening Africa.]]> 2942 An Art Crtic in Africa: Holland Cotter’s report on the state of the Arts in Africa https://www.happeningafrica.com/an-art-crtic-in-africa-holland-cotters-report-on-the-state-of-the-arts-in-africa/ Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:59:11 +0000 http://www.happeningafrica.com/?p=764 Holland Cotter, art critic for the New York Times, spend a month in November 2011 in West Africa. Jerry Vogel, an expert on West Africa, who had just finished guiding a group organized by the Museum for African Art through Northern Mali – see earlier posts on my travels to Mali – guided Mr. Cotter […]

The post An Art Crtic in Africa: Holland Cotter’s report on the state of the Arts in Africa first appeared on Happening Africa.]]> Holland Cotter, art critic for the New York Times, spend a month in November 2011 in West Africa. Jerry Vogel, an expert on West Africa, who had just finished guiding a group organized by the Museum for African Art through Northern Mali – see earlier posts on my travels to Mali – guided Mr. Cotter through Mali and the Ivory Coast. The first of four articles appeared on the art section of last weekend’s New York Times. Cotter speaks favorably of the quality of photography coming out of Africa but questions the benefits and limitations of a geographical classification.

Read his article: Out of Adversity, Visions of Life

(note: may need NYTimes registration)

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