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Where Gods and Mortals Meet: Continuity and Renewal Urhobo Art
Dramatic works of art are presented both in western style as beautiful sculptures, and in recreated shrines that suggest their original placement in an Urhobo community. Many field photographs, taken between 1949 and 2002 offer vivid views of sacred and everyday Urhobo life.
Works of celebrated contemporary artist Bruce Onobrakpeya which interpret traditions from a present-day perspective show how modern Urhobo artists are trying to make their traditions relevant in a new context.
Exhibition catalogue edited and written by Perkins Foss with Foreword, Fresh Perspectives on Urhobo Culture, by Peter Ekeh; essays: An Introduction to the Urhobo, Urhobo Art in the Literature, Gifts from the Gods: Works in Copper Alloy from Urhobo Medicine Shrines, Iphri: Art for Controlling Agression, Obtaining an Iphri, Huge, Fearsome Beauty: Statuary fro the Edjo, Masks and Masquerades: The Enactment of the Edjo, Ohworhu: A Spectacle fro the Spirits, Pride and Preservation: Urhobo Art and Culture in the Twenty-first Century by the author; Urhobo World View by Peter Ekeh; Urhobo Art and Religious Beliefs by Michael Y. Nabofa, Shrines of Asaba and Urhobo Performance Arts by G.G. Darah, How the Urhobo People See the World through Art and Bouquet of Songs by Tanure Ojaide; Agbogidi: A Vision of an Urhobo Shrine and Color Symbolism in Urhobo Art by Bruce Onobrakpeya, On Making and Masking in the Art of Bruce Onobrakpeya by John Picton, and appendices by The Elders of Eherhe, Meriore Erharhire, Chief Oghenegweke.
Published and distributed by the Museum for African Art, New York, and Snoeck-Ducaju & Zoon, Gent. April 2004. 152 pp.
Cloth: ISBN 90-5349-506-1. Paper: ISBN 0-945802-36-6. LCCN: 2004102120.
Works of celebrated contemporary artist Bruce Onobrakpeya which interpret traditions from a present-day perspective show how modern Urhobo artists are trying to make their traditions relevant in a new context.
Exhibition catalogue edited and written by Perkins Foss with Foreword, Fresh Perspectives on Urhobo Culture, by Peter Ekeh; essays: An Introduction to the Urhobo, Urhobo Art in the Literature, Gifts from the Gods: Works in Copper Alloy from Urhobo Medicine Shrines, Iphri: Art for Controlling Agression, Obtaining an Iphri, Huge, Fearsome Beauty: Statuary fro the Edjo, Masks and Masquerades: The Enactment of the Edjo, Ohworhu: A Spectacle fro the Spirits, Pride and Preservation: Urhobo Art and Culture in the Twenty-first Century by the author; Urhobo World View by Peter Ekeh; Urhobo Art and Religious Beliefs by Michael Y. Nabofa, Shrines of Asaba and Urhobo Performance Arts by G.G. Darah, How the Urhobo People See the World through Art and Bouquet of Songs by Tanure Ojaide; Agbogidi: A Vision of an Urhobo Shrine and Color Symbolism in Urhobo Art by Bruce Onobrakpeya, On Making and Masking in the Art of Bruce Onobrakpeya by John Picton, and appendices by The Elders of Eherhe, Meriore Erharhire, Chief Oghenegweke.
Published and distributed by the Museum for African Art, New York, and Snoeck-Ducaju & Zoon, Gent. April 2004. 152 pp.
Cloth: ISBN 90-5349-506-1. Paper: ISBN 0-945802-36-6. LCCN: 2004102120.
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