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Imaging and Identity: African Art from the Lowe Art Museum and South Florida Collections
Imaging and Identity African Art from the Lowe Art Museum and South Florida Collections Author:Marcilene Keeling Wittmer, Frederick John Lamp, Daniel B. Reed Catalogue of an exhibition at the Lowe Art Gallery of the University of Miami, 2005-6. Very well illustrated, with numerous color and black and white photographs. Masks and heads are especially well represented. Selections of the best works from the Lowe and other area collections demonstrate key characteristics of African art. "Imaging" suggest... more »s both the creation of an image that provides a visual focal point for the spirit, power, or idea involved and, as a verb, the dynamic qualities of process, performance, and acoustics that are an integral part of the image. Attempt to "Identity" works take into consideration the fluidity of style, authorship, and usage that characterize artistic production in Africa.« less