How Central African sculpture reshaped the Western avant-garde
In short: Explore the profound legacy of one of Africa's most significant artistic movements. This lecture examines the spiritual origins of Central African reliquary sculpture and its transformative impact on modern Western art.
Presented by Jack Flam, this lecture investigates the historical context and spiritual impetus behind the region's celebrated sculptural works. It connects the aesthetics of Equatorial African reliquary sculpture to broader global traditions and analyzes how these pieces influenced the Western avant-garde.
Alongside The Met's 'Eternal Ancestors: The Art of the Central African Reliquary' exhibition, this talk investigates religious, political, and ancestral worship motifs.
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: Eternal Ancestors - African Art and Modernism - Part 4 of 7
- Also: The Met — Eternal Ancestors: The Art of the Central African Reliquary - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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