As a young girl growing up in southeastern San Diego’s Shelltown neighborhood, Denise Rogers spent time flipping through the pages of Time and Life magazines her mother kept on their coffee table. At ...

When you think of African masks do you think of a Freudian psychiatric office or an African witch doctor? This is a question posed by the Maridon Museum relating to a presentation to be given by ...

Baule mask Ivory Coast wood height: 43 in. (109 cm.) base by wood artist Kichizô Inagaki (1876–1951) (image courtesy Christie’s) Popularly known as the “Krugier-Picasso mask,” a 19th century West ...

Although most African masks are made of wood, some, especially from West Africa, are made entirely from metals such as iron, copper, brass and, more recently, aluminum. It is more common, however, to ...

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’ ...

Translated from the German by John William Gabriel. "This book was first published on the occasion of the exhibition at the Haus der Kunst, Munich (February 14-April 27, 1997), Kunsthalle Bielefeld ...