Chapman Brothers Exhibition - General Tiki

TC Tiki Chris Member London Joined: Mar 24, 2002 Posts: 1542	TC Tiki Chris Posted posted on Sun, Nov 17, 2002 1:19 PM Em & I went by the "Works from the Chapman Family Collection" exhibit this weekend. Impressive stuff to say the least! The works are presented as "highlights of the Chapman Family Collection," which "include virtually unknown primative trophies and initiation masks from the former colonial regions of [get this!] CAMGIB, SEIRF & EKOC . . . In terms of the genealogy of our own contemporary culture [it] traces the latent influences impressing upon it - those mute voices found simmering in the ritualistic embers of a primordial dawn. In it's monolithic stoicism it reverbates with the hisotry of a culture pillaged by industrial colonialism . . . The Chapman Family Collection is an embodiment of skillful control that demonstrates that the divine manipulation of spiritual power is one of the principle functions of ethnographic art." That's some of the best horse manure I've read in a long time! Anyway, the exhibit is excellent. Most of the works appeared more African than tiki & reminded me of copies of Yoruba and other West African ethnic arts. There was one guy there that REALLY thought the works were actual artifacts from "primitive cultures." He just couldn't believe it when a gallery worker begrudgingly explained that it was a hoax. I bought the catalogue which is chocked full of cool pics of the pieces from the collection. So, if anybody's interested, when I can get around to it, I could post some pics. Later, Tiki Chris [ Edited by: tiki chris on 2002-11-17 13:56 ]

Em & I went by the "Works from the Chapman Family Collection" exhibit this weekend. Impressive stuff to say the least!

The works are presented as "highlights of the Chapman Family Collection," which "include virtually unknown primative trophies and initiation masks from the former colonial regions of [get this!] CAMGIB, SEIRF & EKOC . . . In terms of the genealogy of our own contemporary culture [it] traces the latent influences impressing upon it - those mute voices found simmering in the ritualistic embers of a primordial dawn. In it's monolithic stoicism it reverbates with the hisotry of a culture pillaged by industrial colonialism . . . The Chapman Family Collection is an embodiment of skillful control that demonstrates that the divine manipulation of spiritual power is one of the principle functions of ethnographic art."

That's some of the best horse manure I've read in a long time!

Anyway, the exhibit is excellent. Most of the works appeared more African than tiki & reminded me of copies of Yoruba and other West African ethnic arts.

There was one guy there that REALLY thought the works were actual artifacts from "primitive cultures." He just couldn't believe it when a gallery worker begrudgingly explained that it was a hoax.

I bought the catalogue which is chocked full of cool pics of the pieces from the collection. So, if anybody's interested, when I can get around to it, I could post some pics.

Later,
Tiki Chris

[ Edited by: tiki chris on 2002-11-17 13:56 ]

Post #14023 by Tiki Chris on Sun, Nov 17, 2002 1:19 PM