ART in motion
Ikat
LIÈGE—Through January 21, 2018, and within the
framework of Europalia: Indonesia, the Drapiers de
Liège Gallery is presenting Ikat. Batik—Réserve de Sens,
an exhibition that focuses on the two main methods
used in Indonesia to create designs on textiles: ikat and
batik. Assembled by Denise Biernaux, the show examines
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the technical aspects of fabrication, such as what
kinds of plant dyes, fi ber, and tools are used. Early photographs
complement the presentation of the weavings
and provide details about the complexity of Indonesian
textiles, emphasizing their connection with the sacred
and their value as objects that support cultural and individual
identity.
ABOVE LEFT: Zuni and
Pueblo bracelets. Southwest,
United States.
© Cowboys & Indians Antiques,
Albuquerque, and Galerie Flak, Paris.
ABOVE: Textile presented in
Ikat. Batik—Réserve de sens.
Les Drapiers, Liège.
ABOVE RIGHT: Mask
depicting Xipe Totec.
Veracruz, Gulf Coast,
Mexico. AD 450–650.
Terracotta. H: 18 cm.
American private collection.
To be offered by Binoche et Giquello,
Paris, on December 1, 2017.
Est. 12,000–15,000 euros.
LEFT: Mask.
Lwena, DR Congo.
Wood, feathers, vegetal fi bers.
H: 23 cm.
Private French collection.
© Archives Galerie Dandrieu
Giovagnoni.
Winter Rituals
ROME—Dandrieu Giovagnoni Gallery is ushering
in the winter season with an exhibition titled Rituali
d’Inverno (Winter Rituals), featuring Chantal Dandrieu
and Fabrizio Giovagnoni’s latest discoveries. On view
until December 15, 2017, afi cionados will fi nd both
masks and fi gures from the areas of West Africa that
this gallery specializes in: Mali, Nigeria, and Burkina
Faso. A notable exception is a Lwena mask from the
Democratic Republic of the Congo, which is an unusually
complete example since it retains its hood and its
feathered headdress.
Native American Art
PARIS—For a number of years now, Galerie Flak has been
specializing in part in Native American art. Until December
10, 2017, it is featuring jewelry created by Zuni and
Pueblo communities in an exhibition titled Turquoise—
Bijoux anciens du sud-ouest américain (Turquoise—Antique
Jewelry of the American Southwest), organized
this time by a guest gallery, Cowboys & Indians Antiques
of Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Pre-Columbian Art
PARIS—On December 1, 2017, auctioneers Binoche
et Giquello will hold an important sale of more than
130 lots of Pre-Columbian artworks, the property of
“various owners,” at the Hôtel Drouot. Mexico will
be the most heavily represented country in terms of
the number of lots, a testament to the diversity of
artistic creations that have flourished there throughout
its long history. Among these are Chupicuaro terracottas
from the state of Guanajuato and ceramic
figures from the Colima, Jalisco, and Nayarit village
cultures of West Mexico, formerly in the Evrard de
Rouvre Collection. These are joined by Maya objects
from Jaina Island, including a magnificent whistle estimated
at 8,000–10,000 euros representing a highranking
woman wearing an ample huipil. A Veracruz
Xipe Totec mask from an American private collection
and an anthropomorphic figurine from the Xochipala
culture of Guerrero State will be among the highlights
of the terracotta objects.
The stone art of Mesoamerica will include a sumptuous
Teotihuacan funerary mask, figural statuettes
from Guerrero, and a kneeling Olmec figurine from El
Salvador. Artworks from the intermediary area and the
Andean region will include a group of Chavín objects