24 Tribal Art Settles in at the Abbaye de Cluny CLUNY—As we mentioned in the spring issue, the Bourgogne Tribal Show, the fi rst and only commercial art fair of international stature to be staged in the French countryside—Besanceuil to be exact—will be held for a second time this year. This event will coincide with the date of the appearance of this summer issue, so we can’t add any additional information about it here; however, there is still time to visit the nearby exhibition at the Farinier in the Cluny Abbey. On view until June 7, the formula for this year’s show is the same as it was for the one that drew 3,000 visitors in 2016. It is a resolutely aesthetic presentation that plays on the contrasts between the architecture of this thirteenth-century building and the approximately thirty works from Africa, Oceania, and the Americas presented there. Selected by the twenty-fi ve dealers participating in the Bourgogne Tribal Show, the works explore the subject of childhood and coming of age in a variety of ways. A Dogon maternity lent by Laurent Dodier, for example, evokes the newborn’s connection of dependence and intimacy with its mother, while a grade post from Vanuatu from Jacques Lebrat of Galerie Punchinello illustrates how, in many parts of the world, rites of passage mark entry into adulthood. A Baguirmi fertility fi gure lent by Patrice Brémond is a reminder of how young girls are taught about their future responsibilities as mothers. A guide to the exhibition is available so viewers can get more out of this exhibition. It is an intellectually and sensually stimulating experience that the Musée Bargoin and the Festival International du Textile Extraordinaire (FITE) of Clermont-Ferrand also contributed to producing. ABOVE: Installation of the public exhibition on childhood held at the Farinier of the Abbaye de Cluny in 2016. Bourgogne Tribal Show, 2016. © Gus Adler & Filles. Photo: Michel Gurfinkel. TOP LEFT: Maternity. Dogon, northern Bandiagara Escarpment, N’duléri region, Mali. 15th–16th century. Wood. H: 71.2 cm. Galerie Laurent Dodier. Photo: Michel Gurfinkel. LOWER LEFT: Doll. Baguirmi, Chad. C. 1930. Wood. H: 27 cm. © Patrice Brémond. RIGHT: Grade post for rites of passage from adolescence to adulthood. Vanuatu, southern Malekula. Tree fern overmodeled with vegetal paste, polychrome. H: 182 cm. © Punchinello, Jacques Lebrat. Photo: Michel Gurfinkel. ART IN MOTION
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