Baule - African Art, Western Eyes
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Yale Univ Pr
- Publish date: 10/01/1997
Susan Vogel focuses on the creation and uses of Baule works of art apart from their definition as "art" in Western eyes. She establishes a means for understanding Baule expressive culture from the perspective of the Baule individuals. In an extensive discussion of Baule experiences of art objects, she finds different kinds of looking and seeing -- art that is watched (mask dances and entertainment performances), that is seen without looking (works of art too sacred or awesome to be scrutinized), that is glimpsed (sculptures made for personal shrines and kept in private rooms), and that is visible to all (elaborately decorated objects that fulfill the desire for beauty and for open display of talents).
"This is a highly readable, even captivating examination of one of Africa's most engaging traditions". -- Doran H. Ross, UCLA, Fowler Museum of Cultural History
This book accompanies an exhibition that opens in September at the Yale University Art Gallery, travels to the Art Institute of Chicago fromFebruary 11 to August 10, 1998, and then to the Museum for African Art in New York from February to May, 1999.
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