LEFT: Feathered image,
ki’i hulu manu. Hawaii.
18th century.
Ethnologische Sammlung Universitä t
Gö ttingen, OZ 254.
Photo: H. Haase.
BELOW: Cape, ‘ahu ‘ula.
Hawaii.
Nationalmuseet, Copenhagen.
BOTTOM LEFT: Sculpture
of a lizard-man. Rapa Nui.
Before 1900.
Wood, coral beads.
L: 37.5 cm.
© Musées royaux d’Art et d’Histoire de
Bruxelles, inv. ET.45.51.
Hawaii
STUTTGART—From October 14, 2017, until May 13,
2018, the Linden Museum will focus on the culture and
history of Hawaii’s fi rst inhabitants. The exhibition examines
nearly 250 years of Hawaiian art, from the time of the
arrival of the fi rst Europeans to the modern day. Two hundred
art objects have been brought together for the occasion,
coming from the collection of the Linden Museum
and from those of other German and European museums.
Together they provide a solid overview of the ancestral
skills, artistic procedures, and the political and religious aspects
of indigenous Hawaiian society. The show explores
the connections that continue today as part of Hawaiian
cultural life deriving from certain important forms of aesthetic
expression rooted in the past, such as dance (hula)
and tattooing (kakau). It closes with a presentation of the
work of six contemporary indigenous artists.
Oceania: Voyages through
the Immensity
BRUSSELS—From October 26, 2017, through April 25,
2018, the Musée du Cinquantenaire takes a plunge into
the unknown with a voyage to Oceania on the far side
of the world. The exhibition takes its visitors along the
routes traveled by the fi rst inhabitants of this fascinating
region, and then on those blazed by European explorers
in the eighteenth century by presenting the Oceanic collections
of the Musées Royaux d’Art et d’Histoire and of
the Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale. The show consists
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