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“Abstraction in Africa: Origins, Meaning, Function” (Arts Council of the African Studies Association ACASA)
Time: 02/24/2018: 8:30AM–10:00AMLocation: Room 409A
Chair: Kevin Tervala, Harvard University
“Abstract Art and Acephalous Societies in Central Africa”
“Abstraction, Extraction, and Transaction in the Carved Doors of Zanzibar”
“Between Abstraction and Figuration: Corporeal Excess and Uncertainty in Nineteenth-Century Zulu Vessels”
“Abstraction and Mobility in Northwestern Kenya ”
Sessions ; Affiliated Society Sessions
Subject Areas Modern (1800-present) Creativity Political Art History Twentieth Century Early Modern (1450–1800) Decorative Sculpture Abstraction Social History Nineteenth Century Indigenous Peoples Africa Design (object) Environmental Wood Jump to the top of the page
