COLUMN TO VOLUME

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This book particularly interesting analysis on the emergence of global art markets in the 1970s statues identified as “Chamba” of West Africa.

Lavishly illustrated, “Colum to volume Formal innovation in Chamba statuary” offers a comprehensive overview of a large sculptural tradition in West Africa, but also a fascinating insight into tribal art, distribution and reproduction of African works during 70.

Sought for their skillful execution, these statues were stylistically totally different from anything that had previously been identified in this region.

Many questions will be asked: what were the authors, when, where and why? To answer these questions and Christine Richard Fardon Stelzig had to combine ethnographic research in Cameroon and Nigeria, archival research and evidence of art dealers or collectors.

The very thorough analysis of the authors, up to scanners produce images made for certain subjects, will transform the appreciation of the readers on the Chamba sculpture. More than that, their collaboration provides an instructive example of an interdisciplinary and multi-site survey that incorporates the local contexts of use of objects, the history of the collection, the art markets and formal artistic appreciation reflecting the local and global conditions the movement of African creations during the 20th century.