ART in motion 30 PARIS TRIBAL Paris—A new specialized art show organized by the tribal art dealers of the Beaux-Arts and Saint-Germaindes Prés neighborhoods, Paris Tribal, was successfully launched last year. This year, it will include twenty-one participants and will be held April 9–11. More than half of the dealers will take advantage of this opportunity by staging thematic exhibitions featuring collections of artworks that encourage in-depth scrutiny. Showing multiple examples of types of objects is one approach to this: Jean-Baptiste Bacquart will present a group of Malian Bambara locks from a single private collection; African and Oceanic receptacles will be the subject for Pablo Touchaleaume; weapons and jewelry from Asia will be featured by Cédric Le Dauphin; Baule spoons and gold-plated emblems will be on view at Galerie Noir d’Ivoire; and Oceanic currency objects will be shown by Voyageurs et Curieux. Formal characteristics such as the treatment of color are the central concept for another thematic exhibition, this one at Galerie Renaud Vanuxem, while the nature and importance of materials will be explored by Galerie Alain Bovis. Finally, three more conceptual exhibitions will focus on the relationships between material culture and mythology, whether traditional or created: among Himalayan peoples at Indian Heritage; the tribal aesthetics that influenced the Surrealists at Galerie Flak; and an encounter between the Natus (malicious creatures created by French artist Jean Médard) and the spirits of Africa, Oceania, and the Himalayas at Galerie Kanaga. In addition to these thematic exhibitions, Galerie Entwistle, Olivier Castellano, Lucas Ratton, Aethiopia, SAO, Anthony J. P. Meyer, and Philippe Ratton will present more general shows, featuring works selected simply for their high level of quality. While any number of treasures await the event’s visitors, books on tribal art also have a place in Paris Tribal thanks to the participation of Librairie Fischbacher and Librairie Mazarine. NEW ACQUISITIONS Zurich—Galerie Patrik Fröhlich opened a show of recent acquisitions on February 27, which includes a number of major artworks that have not been seen on the market for decades. One of these is a powerful head—a fragment of a full Songye figure from the Democratic Republic of Congo—which has been in the collection of Swiss artist Alfred Meyer and has not been publicly seen in at least four decades. Another highlight is an Eket mask from Nigeria, formerly the property of Roger Azar. This selection of artworks will be on view through April 4. Sculptural fragment (head). Songye, DR Congo. Ex Alfred Meyer. © Galerie Patrick Fröhlich. Above, left to right: Hook. Lake Chambri, Middle Sepik, Papua New Guinea. Ex European private collection. © Galerie Bovis. Initiatory shield. Kikuyu, Kenya. Ex English private collection. © Galerie Renaud Vanuxem. Mask. Yup’ik, Alaska. Ex Willis Carey Historical Museum, Cashmere, Washington. © Galerie Flak. Right: Detail of a lime spatula. Admiralty Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea. Ex American private collection. © Galerie Bovis.
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