CENTRAL NIGERIA UNMASKED. ARTS OF THE BENUE RIVER VALLEY

Berns, Marla, Richard Farden, Sidney Littlefield Kasfir

Published by Fowler Museum, UCLA, Los Angeles, 2011

About this Item

607 pages (33 essays), approximately 815 color and b/w photographs taken in the field and of objects in the exhibition, and 7 maps. Mint condition. Though not a formal "festschrift", but a paean, this lavish, bulbous volume, lovingly edited and contributed to by a chorus of scholarly voices in memory of the life and career of groundbreaking scholar Arnold Rubin, this splendid volume is destined to be the major reference work on the art of the peoples of the Benue Valley for many years to come. Prof. Rubin ventured into uncharted waters not only of African art, but of the concept of art, and emerged with his intellect intact and enhanced. Erudite, articulate, and--above all--iconoclastic, Prof. Rubin challenged then-current thought, dogma, and icons. Thinking always "outside the box", his iimagination and artistic peripheral vision, accompanied by a freedom of spirit and an extraordinary body of knowledge, inspired a generation of students, acolytes, and disciples, many of whom later populated universities and museums throughout the world that study and exhibit the cultures and arts of non-Western peoples.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: CENTRAL NIGERIA UNMASKED. ARTS OF THE BENUE RIVER VALLEY
• Publisher: Fowler Museum, UCLA, Los Angeles
• Publication Date: 2011