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BILONG
LONGWE, --from far--
May16th - June14th 2009
Two Galleries get together, L'Esprit Tribal with it's items
and Artidec presenting 5contemporary artists, inspired by the
Oceanic art . The result is a very suggestive exhibition,Oceanic
Art together with Contemporary Art, a combination presented
for the first time in Italy in Bracciano near Rome.Three painters,
Paola Cordischi, Leena Knuuttila and Massimo Melloni ,a ceramist
Mirna Manni and a photographer Nico Marziali show their work
in symbiosis withmasks and ancestor figures, objects of magic
power and ritual use, various ornaments "from far "
-BILONG LONGWE-, in the native pidgin language. This exhibition
title is a free translation from the Italian poet Franco Loi's
"da lontano", (from far),giving an interesting, soft
and dreamlike approach to the whole exhibition.
The
pieces of Oceanic art proposed by the L'Esprit Tribal Gallery
are mostly made during the early and mid 20th century, work
of "anonymous artists ", native people from Papua
New Guinea, Bismarck archipelago and District of Massim with
their different languages, uses, forms and colours. The isolation
and wide range of environmental conditions of these people led
to the development of a rich variety of artistic styles. Artefacts
were not considered "art", but objects created for
ceremonies and rites during their life. Religious myths for
headhunting, fertility or in remember of the ancestor; this
is the real soul of the Oceanic Art. It tells us of it's people;
exciting, wonderful art from a part of the world so "FAR
AWAY - "BILONG LONGWE". Timeless works of art that
have been transforming the concept of contemporary art since
the first pieces arrived in Europe around 1890-1900, inspiring
several world famous artists.
catalogue pages 32 tables colours 24
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