24 ART in motion LEFT: Kun’gan Society mask. Bamileke, Bangante Kingdom, Cameroon. Galerie Afrique. RIGHT: Bowl. Hawaii. Collected during Cook’s third voyage. Wood. To be offered by Artcurial, Paris, on June 7, 2016. Est. 20,000–30,000 euros. RIGHT: Female fi gure. Igbo, Nigeria. Ex Jacques Kerchache. Wood, pigment. To be offered by Artcurial, Paris, on June 7, 2016. Est. 50,000–60,000 euros. CAMEROON IN RAMATUELLE Ramatuelle—Summer isn’t far away, and that means that the annual show that Galerie Afrique produces in Ramatuelle for visitors to the French Riviera is coming up as well. This year, the art of Cameroon, particularly that of the Grasslands, will be featured through a selection of objects collected before 1980. Masks, dance crests, and prestige objects such as pipes, fly whisks, and other regalia created by Bangwa, Tikar, and Mambila artists will be on view from July 1 until August 27, 2016. Although entry to the exhibition is free of charge, an appointment is recommended. TRIBAL ART AUCTION Paris—The next tribal art sale to be held by French auction house Artcurial will be on June 7, 2016. Nearly eighty high-quality pieces with interesting provenances, including Jacques Kerchache, Pierre Parat, and Andrée Appercelle, will be offered for sale. The highlight of the sale will undoubtedly be a hitherto unpublished Igbo female fi gure from Nigeria that belonged to Kerchache, the sculptural strength of which lies in its combination of powerful volumes and gentle curved lines. Oceania will be represented by, among other objects, a Hawaiian acacia koa wood bowl collected by Captain James Cook during his third voyage in 1778– 1779. A selection of small pieces from the collection of miniatures put together by poetess Andrée Appercelle completes the sale. With reasonable estimates that correspond to their dimensions, these small sculptures testify to their creators’ great artistic abilities and will likely appeal both to inveterate and beginning collectors in the tribal art fi eld. ABOVE: Bird mask. Nuna, Burkina Faso. Wood, pigment. H: 86 cm. Private collection. Shown as part of Quarant’Anni at Dandrieu Giovagnoni gallery. QUARANT’ANNI Rome—This column usually doesn’t include events that have already ended, but this one deserves a mention. From May 4–24 of this year, Dandrieu Giovagnoni gallery in Rome celebrated forty years of activity in the African art field with a special exhibition featuring objects both from countries that produced the art it often shows, such as Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, and Nigeria, as well as from other areas that it addresses only rarely, such as the Congo. We at Tribal Art magazine extend our congratulations on this anniversary, which was also marked by the publication of a brochure by Jean- Louis Paudrat in Italian and French, completing his previous work Passion d’Afrique, tracking the chronology of events relating to African art that took place in Italy beginning in the 1950s. This latest work covers the years 2009–2015.
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