Sachgebiete

Beschreibung:

160 S.; Illustrationen; 30,5 cm; kart.

Bemerkung:

Gutes Exemplar; Einband berieben. - Englisch. - Aus der Afrika-Sammlung von Dr. H. J. Koloß / Völkerkunde-Museum Berlin. - Bringing together the minkisi tradition of the Kongo peoples of central Africa and the art of Renee Stout, Astonishment and Power explores a complex African visual tradition and its resonance in the work of a contemporary African-American woman artist. Minkisi, as described by Wyatt MacGaffey, are figures or operative complexes made from natural and man-made materials and intended as containers for powerful medicines. Often visually impressive, minkisi are invoked to accomplish various purposes, both to heal and to harm. In discussing minkisi, MacGaffey includes numerous early-twentieth-century com-mentaries written by young Kongo men. As Michael Harris reveals, the art of Renee Stout incorporates the forms and conceptual qualities of Kongo minkisi. The inspiration for her work derives from her personal memories and her deep interest in minkisi and African beliefs. Like minkisi, Stout's work sits at a crossroads-of the sacred and the secular, the West and Africa. Both the Kongo people and Renee Stout are masters at creating works of astonishment and power, invocation and art. Wyatt MacGaffey, John R. Coleman Professor of Social Sciences at Haverford College, Pennsylvania, is an anthropologist who has worked on the ethnography of Lower Zaire for more than twenty-five years. Michael D. Harris, an artist and art historian, is an assistant professor at Morehouse College, Atlanta. (Verlagstext) // INHALT : ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ----- INTRODUCTION ----- Fragments of History Sylvia H. Williams ----- Minkisi and a New World Resonance David C. Driskell ----- THE EYES OF UNDERSTANDING: KONGO MINKISI ----- Wyatt MacGaffey ----- Introduction ----- Souvenirs of Africa ----- Karl Edward Laman, Missionary Ethnographer ----- Nganga: The Ritual Expert ----- Minkisi in the Social Fabric: Powers of the Dead and the Living ----- Invocations of Violence ----- Meaning and Imagination: Varieties of Minkisi ----- RESONANCE, TRANSFORMATION, AND RHYME: THE ART OF RENEE STOUT ----- Michael D. Harris ----- Introduction ----- Foundations and Transformations ----- Resonance: Charms, Fetishes, Minkisi, and High John the Conqueror Root ----- Power, Protection, and Transformation Roots, Narratives, and Mystery Conclusion ----- RENEE STOUT: BIOGRAPHY ----- BIBLIOGRAPHY ----- PHOTOGRAPH CREDITS. ISBN 1560982748