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Lot 95

Dogon statue, Mali, c. 1950

The general characteristic of Dogon statues is that they render the human body in a very simple way, reducing the details to the essential. Some figures are extremely elongated with an emphasis on geometric forms. They give the impression of immobility with a mysterious sense of solemn gravity and serene majesty, although at the same time they convey a latent movement. They serve as a physical medium in initiations and as an explanation of the world to transmit knowledge to the initiates. Reproduced from the catalogue “Africa Babel: the Art of a Continent”, p.- 47 Height: 197 cm
 
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
 

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