Sunday at the Met—Eternal Ancestors: The Art of the Central African Reliquary
Sunday, February 3, 2008 at 10am
The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
These lectures examine the legacy of one of Africa’s greatest artistic movements. They address the larger significance of the region’s most celebrated sculptural works by considering the historical context and spiritual impetus for their creation, their impact on the Western avant-garde, and parallels with other major world traditions. Speakers include MMA curators Alisa LaGamma, Barbara Boehm, and Denise Leidy; historians Kairn Klieman, Jack Flam, and Jean-Paul Notué.
Schedule:
10:00 The Aesthetics of the Reliquary in Central Africa and Beyond. Alisa LaGamma, Curator in the Museum's Department of the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
10:45 The Buddha's Relics: Icon and Sanctity in Asia. Denise Leidy, Curator, Department of Asian Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
11:30 Pagans and Christians: The Medieval Cult of Relics. Barbara Boehm, Curator, Department of Medieval Art and The Cloisters, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
2:00 African Art and Modernism. Jack Flam, Distinguished Professor of Art and Art History, Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York.
2:45 Of Ancestors and Earth Spirits: Examining the Nexus of Environment, Religion, and Politics in Central African History and Culture, early times to c. 1900. C.E. Kairn Klieman, Associate Professor, University of Houston.
3:30 Ancestor Veneration and Funerary Art of Cameroon: A Comparative Study of Two Equatorial Traditions. Jean-Paul Notué, Associate Professor, Department of Art and Archaeology, University of Yaoundé.
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