The island of New Ireland is located in the Melanesian arc, to the north-east of New Guinea. The art of New Ireland is one of the most spectacular in Oceania.
About the exhibition
With its 32 different language groups, the island offers a great diversity of ritual practices and artistic expressions related to funeral ceremonies. The exhibition manages to handle this complexity and gives a comprehensive overview of the numerous "works of art" of New Ireland : masks, canoes, ritual panels and mouth ornaments...
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curators
- Michaël GUNN, associate Curator for Oceanic art, Saint Louis Art Museum
- Philippe PELTIER, curator, head of Oceania and Islands of Southeast Asia, musée du quai Branly
- Markus SCHINDLBECK, curator for South Seas Department, Ethnologisches Museum Berlin.
- Place: Galerie Jardin
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TimeSlots:
From Monday 02 April 2007 at Sunday 08 July 2007 -
Closed on mondayTuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday: 10:30 am-07:00 pmThursday: 10:30 am-10:00 pm
- Public: All publics
- Categorie : Exhibitions