Column to volume : formal innovation in Chamba statuary
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Column to volume : formal innovation in Chamba statuary
（Saffron Afriscopes series, no. 1）（Chamba arts in context, v. 1）
Saffron, c2005
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-154) and index
"Volume I and no. 1 of Saffron Afriscopes : Illustrated Arguments about African coulture Series ISSN 1740 6262, Series Editors: Richard Fardon, Graham Furniss and Francis Nyamnjoh, Published by Saffron Books, Eastern Art Publishing (EAP)"--T.p. verso
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"Column to Volume: Formal Innovation in Chamba Statuary" investigates the appearance on world art markets during the 1970s of statues identified as Chamba from West Africa. Sought after for their artful execution, these statues were stylistically unlike anything previously documented from the region. Are they what the art market claimed? Who made them, when, where and why? To answer these questions, Richard Fardon and Christine Stelzig had to combine the findings of ethnographic research in Cameroon and Nigeria with museum and archival research and the testimonies of art dealers and collectors. Profusely illustrated, "Column to Volume" offers a comprehensive account of an important sculptural tradition in West Africa, as well as fascinating insights into the tribal branding, distribution, and copying, of African art works during the 1970s. Identifying formal innovation in what has been described as 'tribal' tradition, not least by tracing the individual sculptor irresponsible for the most valued Chamba statues, this account by Fardon and Stelzig will transform readers' appreciation of Chamba sculpture.
More than this, their collaboration provides an instructive example of a fresh kind of inter-disciplinary and multi-sited investigation that integrates local context of use, collection histories, art markets and formal artistic appreciation to reflect the local and global context through African artefacts circulated during the 20th century.
Table of Contents
Afriscopes - the series10 Preface11 Acknowledgements15 List of illustrations19 1 | Introduction - a formal conundrum23 2 | Volumetric statuary - a contemporary inventory27 3 | Chamba under colonial regimes53 4 | Columnar statuary - a historical inventory The Kamerunian collection57 Glauning's contribution 57 Rothe's contribution 63 Frobenius's contribution66 The colonial Nigerian collection70 The Jos Museum collection73 The post-colonial international collection78 The Danubi shrine83 5 | Resume - columnar and volumetric statuary: form and inventory87 6 | Chamba statuary in use91 7 | Volumetric statuary - the innovator and his emulators97 8 | In the African-art-world103 9 | Conclusion - from column to volume ... and back?119 Tables | The Chamba collection125 i | Columnar statuary 126 a Iron-shod columnar statues126 b Freestanding columnar statues134 ii | Volumetric statuary142 Bibliography151 Index155
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