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African Art/Western Eyes
African Art/Western Eyes
East Gallery, Kresge Art Museum, Ongoing
This reinstallation of works from the Kresge African art collection highlights the changing meaning of African art. In Africa artworks collected for Western art museums originally functioned in social, political or religious contexts. Whether a performer wears a mask, a religious specialist uses a figure for therapeutic purposes, or an ambassador presents an emblem of royalty to a political ally--these objects are kept in motion as key mediators in social transactions. This exhibition includes important architectural works, masks, figural sculptures and a work by the renowned Ethiopian artist Zerihun Yetmgeta. For an online tour of this exhibition, visit: <http://artmuseum.msu.edu/exhibitions/online/africa/index.htm>http://artmuseum.msu.edu/exhibitions/online/africa/index.htm
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