CHOKWE

Description

“Bantu Chokwe and Their Neighbours” – This book very well illustrated with high-quality color photos, was published on the occasion of the exhibition held at the Museum Haus der Völker respectively, Schwaz (Austria) and Galerie Walu, Zurich (Switzerland) and has over 100 expressive masks, sculptures and other accessories of Chokwe and their Bantu neighbors in Congo today, Zambia and Angola. – “If there is something interesting to live is to contemplate the beauty. “[Plato (427-347 BC)]. – “In form and content, African art, from ancient traditions, is part of the myth. Artistic expression, developed over generations, vitality and each company values, it tends to escape the layman who can qu’entrvoir the original meaning of the objects. On the contrary, Chokwe aesthetics is directly accessible to everyone. Sculptures show the full extent of their creative force. A work of art is beautiful only when she speaks: When the invisible radiates in the visible field when the elusive becomes palpable when form and content fondrent into a whole. Beauty fascinating, sometimes sensual, sometimes powerful, filled with grief or elation, the Chokwe objects are among the most moving examples of African art. “(John L. David)