Shangaa : art of Tanzania / edited by Gary van Wyk.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Van Wyk, Gary.

QCC Art Gallery.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art, Tanzanian--Exhibitions.

Art, Tanzanian.

Art objects, Tanzanian--Exhibitions.

Art objects, Tanzanian.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

341 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 32 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : QCC Art Gallery, [2013]

Contents:

Foreword / by Faustino Quintanilla

A brief history of Tanzania before 1914

Introduction / by Gary van Wyk

Art practice in Tanzania: landscape, soundscape, endurance / by Gary van Wyk

An Iramba oracle

People on the Ruvuma: Karl Weule explores the Makonde and their neighbors / by Giselher Blesse

Art on the frontier: sculpture and the border mentality along the Ruvuma River / by Alexander Bortolot

Art for life among coastal peoples of Tanzania / by Fadhili Mshana

Transformation in the sacred arts of healing in Northeastern Tanzania / by Barbara Thompson

Performing cultures: rural traditions in the history of Tanzania's post-independence nationalist project / by Sandra Klopper & Rehema Nchimbi

The metal regalia of Karagwe

The Ziba mask

With the powers of the chiefs and the spirits of the ancestors: Unyamwezi as the focus of the Herrnhut Mission in the early 20th century / by Silvia Diaz

The Nyamwezi in the context of the art of Western Tanzania / by Gary van Wyk

Utamaduni: Sukama art, culture, and heritage in Northwestern Tanzania / by Aimée Bessire

Arts to astonish: animals, figures, and masks

Some Sukuma dance groups today / by Mohamed Jaffer.

Notes:

"This publication accompanies the exhibit held at the QCC Art Gallery,The City University of New York, February 22 - May 17, 2013, and Portland Museum of Art, Maine, USA, June 8 - August 25, 2013"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-319) and indexes.

ISBN:

9781936658145

1936658143

OCLC:

825399572