BARD GRADUATE CENTER GALLERY
18 West 86th StreetSIGHTLINES on Peace, Power & Prestige: Metal Arts in Africa brings works by leading contemporary artists into conversation with historic African metal arts. The exhibition features large-scale sculptures, photography, weavings, metal work, and multi-media installations by contemporary makers Radcliffe Bailey, Sammy Baloji, Sharif Bey, Lubaina Himid, Bronwyn Katz, Kapwani Kiwanga, Abigail Lucien, Tsedaye Makonnen, Otobong Nkanga, Julia Phillips, Zohra Opoku, Nari Ward, and Amanda Williams. The more than 140 historic works on view are drawn from Peace, Power, and Prestige, an exhibition of historic African metal arts curated by Susan Cooksey at the University of Florida's Harn Museum of Art. They include staffs and figures from the Mande smiths of Mali; regalia of the Edo chiefs of Nigeria; sacred objects of the Tusian, Gan, and Lobi peoples of Burkina Faso; ceremonial swords, gold weights, and personal adornment of the Akan people of Ghana; currencies, ceremonial staffs, and weaponry from Congo, as well as a broad range of other extraordinary works in metal. SIGHTLINES, curated by Drew Thompson, features exhibition design by AD-WO, the architecture firm of Emanuel Admassu and Jen Wood.
Sep 29 - Dec 31, 2023
BARD GRADUATE CENTER GALLERY
18 West 86th Street
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