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The Brilliance of Shadows. Black and White Art from the Solomon Islands.
Exhibition catalog, Quai Branly Museum, Paris 2014.

The Brilliance of Shadows. Black and White Art from the Solomon Islands.

Somogy
€50,00 €0,00
N° d'inventaire 23957
Format 22 x 28
Détails 223 pages, numerous color illustrations, paperback.
Publication Paris, 2014
Etat Nine
ISBN 9782757208052
The works of art from the Solomon Islands, an archipelago of some nine hundred islands and islets in the South Pacific Ocean, are striking in their simplicity. Their beauty intrigues and exerts a magnetic influence on the eye. Whatever the materials used (plant fibers, wood, shells, tortoiseshell, ivory) or the technique employed (sculpture, drawing, painting, braiding), the desired effect always has the same intention: to produce contrast to reveal brilliance. What instances are brilliance and its corollary, dazzle, indicative of? What properties are these effects invested with? By what technical and ritual procedures do the Solomon Islanders succeed in shaping such remarkable visual devices? Anthropologists and art historians specializing in the region share their latest research on these questions, which is relayed by the Musée du Quai Branly exhibition "The Brilliance of Shadows. Black and White Art of the Solomon Islands."
The works of art from the Solomon Islands, an archipelago of some nine hundred islands and islets in the South Pacific Ocean, are striking in their simplicity. Their beauty intrigues and exerts a magnetic influence on the eye. Whatever the materials used (plant fibers, wood, shells, tortoiseshell, ivory) or the technique employed (sculpture, drawing, painting, braiding), the desired effect always has the same intention: to produce contrast to reveal brilliance. What instances are brilliance and its corollary, dazzle, indicative of? What properties are these effects invested with? By what technical and ritual procedures do the Solomon Islanders succeed in shaping such remarkable visual devices? Anthropologists and art historians specializing in the region share their latest research on these questions, which is relayed by the Musée du Quai Branly exhibition "The Brilliance of Shadows. Black and White Art of the Solomon Islands."