Duende's stories attract our readers' attention since 2013 (previously hosted on brunoclaessens.com) and wishes to provide a useful resource for information on art of the African continent and its diaspora. Stories include exhibition announcements and reviews, interviews with artists, discoveries, new research, auction news, etc.
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Our mask on view this week at the PAN art Fair in Amsterdam -
Female bust, Anonymous Pende artist. Early 20th century, D.R. Congo. Wood, 63 cm. Provenance: Private collection, Belgium -
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"A place with no name" catalog cover. Works from the Sina Jina Collection. Christie's London. -
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Installation view UNSETTLED. -
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[Re:]Entanglements – Re-engaging with Colonial Archives in Postcolonial Times (MAA, Cambridge, 2021)
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Image courtesy of Lorenz Homburger, 2 March 2006. Published in: Homberger (Lorenz) and Christine Stelzig, “Contrary to the Temptation!. An Appeal for New Dialogue Among Museums and Collectors, Scholars, and Dealers” in African Arts, Vol.XXXIX, #2, Summer 2006, p. 6, #2 -
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Image courtesy Collection Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen. Coll.no. RV-607-A1. -
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Image courtesy of the Horniman Museum, London (#10.2.62/34). Height: 27 cm. -
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Image courtesy of Gi Mateusen. -
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A very nice discovery by Ingo Barlovic, the man behind the About-Africa website: the 1935 Austrian movie Ball im Savoy, based on an opera by Paul Abraham, contains a funny little scene with a Punu mask. While in previous scenes an actual mask was hanging on the wall, here it appears to be replaced by a woman made up like such a mask, including the typical scarification patterns on the temples and forehead. It’s very well done I must say; see the full scene below (starts at the right moment):
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Image courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art, New York. -
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Pende mask, D.R. Congo. Height: 30 cm. Image courtesy of Studio Philippe de Formanoir – Paso Doble. Collection Javier Peres, Berlin. -
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Baule figure. Height: 68 cm. Image courtesy of The Barnes Foundation (A221). -
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Photo: Bruno Claessens. Image courtesy of the Blom Collection, Switzerland. -
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Boa figure. Height: ca. 50 cm. -
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Image courtesy of Boris Kegel-Konietzko, 1959. -
Photo by Jean-Pierre Hallet, 1960s. Image courtesy of Susan Fassberg. -
Bango spoon. Ivory. Height: 19,8 cm. The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Purchase, Nelson A. Rockefeller Gift, 1968. Image courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (#1978.412.704). -
(image courtesy of Native) -
(image courtesy of Native) -
(Image courtesy of Néret-Minet Tessier & Sarrou)