Power and prestige : the art of clubs in Oceania

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Imprint:

Milano : Skira, 2022 and ©2021

Subject:

Truncheons - Oceania - Exhibitions
Art objects, Pacific Island - Exhibitions
Patus - Exhibitions
Weapons - Oceania - Exhibitions
Material culture - Oceania - Exhibitions

Contributor:

Hooper, Steven, editor, curator, author
Fondazione Giancarlo Ligabue, organizer, host institution
Musée du quai Branly--Jacques Chirac, organizer, host institution
Palazzo Franchetti (Venice, Italy), host institution
British Museum, lender

ISBN:

9788857246406 and 885724640X

Description:

319 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ; 30 cm

Notes:

Exhibition held at Palazzo Franchetti, Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, Campo Santo Stefano, Venice, October 16, 2021-March 13, 2022

Bibliographic Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 306-314) and index

Contents:

Oceania timeline -- Essays. Clubs in Oceania / Steven Hooper ; Clubs, warfare and collecting / Steven Hooper ; Exhibiting clubs / Steven Hooper ; Equilibrium of forms : a collector's appreciation of Oceanic clubs / Alex Bernard -- The clubs. Steven Hooper ; Aotearoa New Zealand / Steven Hooper ; Hawaiian Islands and Rapa Nui/Easter Island / Steven Hooper ; The Marquesas Islands / Steven Hooper ; Tuamotus, Society and Austral Islands / Steven Hooper ; The Cook Islands / Steven Hooper ; Western Polynesia / Steven Hooper ; Fiji / Steven Hooper ; New Caledonia / Emmanuel Kasarhérou ; Vanuatu / Kirk Huffman ; Solomon Islands / Ben Burt ; New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago / Philippe Peltier ; Micronesia / Philippe Peltier and Steven Hooper ; Australia / Gayle Sculthorpe -- Entries / Steven Hooper, Emmanuel Kasarhérou, Kirk Huffman, Ben Burt, Philippe Peltier, Gayle Sculthorpe

Summary:

The book features a selection of works ranging from 40 centimetres in height to over two metres, to be staged in Venice by the Giancarlo Ligabue Foundation in partnership with the Musée du Quai Branly - Jacques Chirac in Paris, which will be the next site to host the exhibition. The exhibition also involves the collaboration of the British Museum, which has contributed some "extremely important" loans; curated by Steve Hooper, it presents exhibits from collections in the United Kingdom and Europe, including some objects from the Venice collection itself. For a long time these clubs were simply considered as weapons used by "savage" tribes, and were relegated to a minor role, but these 'power' clubs are actually a complex expression of Oceanic art and were key objects used in trade and ceremonies

Collection:

BGC Course Reserves

Call Number:

NK1093 .P69 2021

Available

c.1

Course Name:

002. Books display in 3rd floor alcove

Instructor:

BGC Library