Nov. 15—Muziwandile Sibongiseni Gigaba, who goes by Muzi Gigaba, doesn't remember telephone wire art being considered as art when he was growing up in Kwa Zulu Natal. Nor was it prominent. Unlike ...
For John and Pam Finley, African art, specifically from West Africa, captured their imagination because of the objects’ cultural significance and aesthetic beauty. For example, many were created to ...
“Weaving Meanings” spins stories of fighting clubs, apartheid and the dazzling artworks wire weavers create today. Open at Santa Fe’s Museum of International Folk Art, this exhibition of a South ...
This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Weaving a link between American history and the African folk art of ...
When the elaborate masks in the Virginia Union University Museum look down at you, you could swear you hear pipe music and tribal drums in the distance. It is a haunting collection of African, Oceanic ...
WHEN: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, July 11; 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, July 12; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, July 13 WHERE: Santa Fe Railyard Park, market entrance located ...
THE sculpture which has been produced by the natives of Western and Central Africa has existed for ages, but its proper appreciation by us can be dated from the turn of this century. Although the’ ...