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20/11/2004

The Power of Bronze

Neuberger Museum, Harrison

Royal Sculpture from the Kingdom of Benin

The Neuberger Museum of Art is initiating a series of focused, innovative African exhibitions that will highlight one or several major works. This exhibition features a few outstanding examples from an area not found in the Neuberger Museum's collection and brings together approximately ten extraordinary objects cast in copper alloys dating from the 16th to the 18th century. Displayed for the first time as a visually provocative ensemble, these sculptures demonstrate the astonishing achievements of Benin brass casting created for the royal ancestral altars.

A fully illustrated brochure that situates these objects in their social and political context and address new scholarship and attribution in the field of Benin Art accompanied the exhibition.

Curated by Marie-Thérèse Brincard, Neuberger Museum of Art Curatorial Advisor of the African Collection. This exhibition and its catalogue is dedicated to the memory of Lawrence Gussman. It has been funded, in part, through the generosity of an Anonymous donor; Dr. Syndey and Bernice Clyman; Alan and Monah Gettner, Gilbert and Doreen Bassin, The Westchester Arts Council with funds from Westchester County Government, and the Friends of the Neuberger Museum of Art.

Image: Plaque: Warrior Chief, Warriors and Attendants, Edo peoples, Kingdom of Benin, Nigeria, 16th - 17th century, brass, H. 16 in., private collection. Photo: Paul Mutino

Neuberger Museum of Art
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Saturday - Sunday, 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
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