The Cooper Gallery presents WOLE SOYINKA: Antiquities Through Times and Place
When:
Wednesday, Sep 13, 2017 10:00a -
Saturday, Dec 09, 2017 5:00p
Where:
Ethelbert Cooper Gallery of African and African American Art
102 Mount Auburn Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Admission:
FREE
Categories:
Art
Event website:
www.coopergalleryhc.com
Opening Reception Wed, Sep 12 6pm
Internationally acclaimed dramatist, social critic, and Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka is an avid collector of African artworks including those from his home country of Nigeria. The Ethelbert Cooper Gallery of African & African American Art at the Hutchins Center in Harvard Square will feature two dozen of these hand-selected pieces in ":WOLE SOYINKA: Antiquities Across Times and Place."
Curated by New York University professor Awam Amkpa, the exhibition places masks, head-dresses, dolls, busts, vessels, weapons and more — made of wood, brass and other materials — in conversation with works by contemporary artists Peju Alatise, Moyo Okediji, Olu Amoda, Chris Abani and Peter Badejo.
Sep 13- Dec 9
Tue-Sat, 10am -5pm
Internationally acclaimed dramatist, social critic, and Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka is an avid collector of African artworks including those from his home country of Nigeria. The Ethelbert Cooper Gallery of African & African American Art at the Hutchins Center in Harvard Square will feature two dozen of these hand-selected pieces in ":WOLE SOYINKA: Antiquities Across Times and Place."
Curated by New York University professor Awam Amkpa, the exhibition places masks, head-dresses, dolls, busts, vessels, weapons and more — made of wood, brass and other materials — in conversation with works by contemporary artists Peju Alatise, Moyo Okediji, Olu Amoda, Chris Abani and Peter Badejo.
Sep 13- Dec 9
Tue-Sat, 10am -5pm