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Folk Art Museum to opens new exhibition of South African telephone wire art

Nov. 15—Muziwandile Sibongiseni Gigaba, who goes by Muzi Gigaba, doesn't remember telephone wire art being considered as art when he was growing up in Kwa Zulu Natal. Nor was it prominent. Unlike ...
Albuquerque Journal

‘Truths Be Told’ at MOIFA redefines folk art

Artists Activate Traditions” at the Museum of International Folk Art (MOIFA) made me reconsider what folk art really is. I’m used to curators making the case for why traditional artisans or “folk” ...
University of Wyoming

The John and Pam Finley Collection of African and Folk Art

For John and Pam Finley, African art, specifically from West Africa, captured their imagination because of the objects’ cultural significance and aesthetic beauty. For example, many were created to ...
Albuquerque Journal

Down to the wire: 'iNgqikithi yokuPhica (Weaving Meanings)' showcases a South African art tradition spanning nearly 100 years

“Weaving Meanings” spins stories of fighting clubs, apartheid and the dazzling artworks wire weavers create today. Open at Santa Fe’s Museum of International Folk Art, this exhibition of a South ...
Los Angeles Times

Weaving African traditions at the Fowler

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Weaving a link between American history and the African folk art of ...
The New York Times

Back in New York, an African Art Fair Relishes the Sense of Place

The 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair is returning for its 10th year in New York, an event one collector described as “a kind of movable feast.” By Ginanne Brownell In her previous works, the ...
The Atlantic

African Sculpture

THE sculpture which has been produced by the natives of Western and Central Africa has existed for ages, but its proper appreciation by us can be dated from the turn of this century. Although the’ ...