Iyare! Splendor and Tension in Benin's Palace Theatre

This exhibition catalogue explores the art of Nigeria's Benin Kingdom via theatrical metaphors that echo palace settings, performers and ceremonies. It also considers what happens during non-celebratory moments of preparation and relaxation, the impact Benin art and culture have on surrounding regions, and how they both recovered from the 1897 British invasion and have spread their reach world-wide. The catalogue concentrates on the collection of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, but also features loan objects and extensive field photographs, reconstructive drawings and maps. An index, glossary and extensive bibliography are included. The catalogue was a seminar project for the IYARE exhibition held at the Penn Museum in 2008; Curnow wrote the chapter text and some catalogue entries, while students contributed other entries.

Author: Kathy Curnow
Publisher: Galleries at CSU
Published: 09/22/2016
Pages: 270
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.93lbs
Size: 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780692595046

About the Author
Kathy Curnow is an Africanist art historian who has worked in several regions of Nigeria since 1983. A Benin specialist, she has spent over fourteen years of fieldwork in the kingdom, and has published numerous articles and chapters on specific Benin sculptures. Her research has been supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Fulbright Scholar Program, and she is a Smithsonian Institution Senior Fellow, as well as a consulting scholar for the Penn Museum's African Section. She is an Associate Professor of Art History at Cleveland State University.

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