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Paris primitive : Jacques Chirac's museum on the Quai Branly / Sally Price. [Variant title:Jacques Chirac's Museum on the Quai Branly]
Book
D069.0944361/PRI/MAIN
Chicago : University of Chicago Press,
2007.
Chirac, Jacques, 1932- Art patronage. ; Bedford, Paddy Exhibitions. ; Mawurndjul, John, 1952- Exhibitions. ; Napurrula, Ningura, approximately 1938-2013. ; Nyadbi, Lena, approximately 1936- ; Riley, Michael, 1960-2004 Exhibitions. ; Watson, Judy, 1959- ; Watson, Tommy, approximately 1935- ; Yunupingu, Gulumbu, 1945-2012. ; Musée du Quai Branly (Paris, France) ; Musée du quai Branly. ; Musée du quai Branly Histoire. ; Musée du quai Branly History. ; Musuems - France. ; Art, Primitive - Appreciation. ; Sculpture, Primitive - Exhibitions. ; Ethnic art - Exhibitions. ; Museums - France. ; Art - Artists. aiatsiss ; Cultural heritage - Protection - Museums and keeping places - Collections and acquisitions. aiatsiss ; Death - Human remains. aiatsiss ; Ethnological museums and collections. ; Ethnological museums and collections - France - Paris - History. ; Ethnology - France. ; Ethnologie - Musées et collections - France - Paris - Histoire. ; Ethnologie - France - Histoire. ; Ethnological museums and collections - France - Paris. ; Ethnology - France - History. ; Paris, France. aiatsisp ; France - Mrs et coutumes. ; France - Social life and customs.
x, 239 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Formerly CIP. Uk
Includes bibliographical references (pages [221]-239)
In 1990 Jacques Chirac, the future president of France and a passionate fan of non-European art, met Jacques Kerchache, a maverick art collector with the lifelong ambition of displaying African sculpture in the holy temple of French culture, the Louvre. Together they began laying plans, and ten years later African fetishes were on view under the same roof as the Mona Lisa. Then, in 2006, amidst a maelstrom of controversy and hype, Chirac presided over the opening of a new museum dedicated to primitive art in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower: the Musée du quai Branly. Paris Primitive recounts the massive reconfiguration of Paris's museum world that resulted from Chirac's dream, set against a backdrop of personal and national politics, intellectual life, and the role of culture in French society. Along with exposing the machinations that led to the MQB's creation, Sally Price addresses the thorny questions it raises about the legacy of colonialism, the balance between aesthetic judgments and ethnographic context, and the role of institutions of art and culture in an increasingly diverse France. Anyone with a stake in the myriad political, cultural, and anthropological issues raised by the MQB will find Price's account fascinating.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [221]-239)
In 1990 Jacques Chirac, the future president of France and a passionate fan of non-European art, met Jacques Kerchache, a maverick art collector with the lifelong ambition of displaying African sculpture in the holy temple of French culture, the Louvre. Together they began laying plans, and ten years later African fetishes were on view under the same roof as the Mona Lisa. Then, in 2006, amidst a maelstrom of controversy and hype, Chirac presided over the opening of a new museum dedicated to primitive art in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower: the Musée du quai Branly. Paris Primitive recounts the massive reconfiguration of Paris's museum world that resulted from Chirac's dream, set against a backdrop of personal and national politics, intellectual life, and the role of culture in French society. Along with exposing the machinations that led to the MQB's creation, Sally Price addresses the thorny questions it raises about the legacy of colonialism, the balance between aesthetic judgments and ethnographic context, and the role of institutions of art and culture in an increasingly diverse France. Anyone with a stake in the myriad political, cultural, and anthropological issues raised by the MQB will find Price's account fascinating.
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Jacques and Jacques -- Museums in the City of Light -- The Move to the Louvre -- The Organ Donors -- An Anti-Palace on the Seine -- Epilogue: Cultures in Dialogue? -- Back Matter.
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