tailieunhanh - AFRICAN SCULPTURE FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE SOCIETY OF AFRICAN MISSIONS

An exhibiting artist since 1966, Lucia Pacenza is one of her country’s major sculptors. Her work is represented in collections in Argentina, Mexico, Spain and the United States. She completed this commission while Artist in Residence at the ANU School of Art. As with Janus, the classical god of doorways whose two faces look both forward and backward, so this arch combines references to both beginnings and ends. The concertina-folded and tooth-edged working around the hole suggests body openings and birth. Equally, the sculpture’s architectural structure and the loneliness of its crystalline whiteness in the landscape evoke the poignancy of. | AFRICAN SCULPTURE FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE SOCIETY OF AFRICAN MISSIONS AFRICAN SCULPTURE FROM TH E COLLECTION OF THE SOCIETY OF AFRICAN MISSIONS FRONT COVER Figure of the Virgin Mary standing on the serpent a Christian theme based upon an interpretation of a passage from Genesis. Wood and polychrone carved ca. 1950 by the Yoruba artist Bandele. FRONTISPIECE Crib set Yoruba Nigeria by Joseph .

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