Bronze statuette Benin, Nigeria, c. 1950

For a long time, Benin bronze sculptures were the only historical evidence going back several centuries in West Africa, and both the level of technical achievement in bronze casting and the monumental vigour of the figures represented were the object of great admiration. Most of the figures represented court officials, equestrian figures, queens and cocks. Representations of these objects served above all to exalt the king, the queen mother, princes, the royal house and army commanders, represented with their arms and armour and their servants, hunters and musicians or represented important events. Height: 31 cm Reproduced: Catalogue “Africa Babel: the Art of a Continent”, p. 74
 
Exhibitions:
2022-2024 Island of Fuerteventura “Art Africa: Ancestral Light”. Lighthouse of the Entallada. Cabildo of Fuerteventura.
2021-2022 Panama City. Government of Panama. “Art Africa: the spirit of the ancestors”. Ministry of Culture Headquarters. Casco Viejo.
2019-2020 Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Caja Canarias Foundation. “Africa-Babel: the art of a Continent”. Headquarters Plaza Patriotismo.
2013-2015 Museum of Art of Africa and Oceania (Madao). La Granja de San Ildefonso, Segovia.
2005 “Black Africa”, Leather Museum.
2004 “Black Africa”. Caixa Laietana Foundation, Barcelona. Main exhibition hall