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Presented By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Gallery Tour: African Art and the Shape of Time

Bell (kunda) Kongo peoples Probably late 19th century Wood Private collection, C Bell (kunda) Kongo peoples Probably late 19th century Wood Private collection, C
Bell (kunda) Kongo peoples Probably late 19th century Wood Private collection, C
African art is often interpreted in Western analytical frameworks as expressions of timeless myths and rituals, interrupted only by the colonial encounter. African Art and the Shape of Time complicates such conventional views by exploring material forms of diverse concepts of temporality, history, and memory. Join UMMA Docents as they discuss the thirty works from UMMA, other museums, and private collections.
Bell (kunda) Kongo peoples Probably late 19th century Wood Private collection, C Bell (kunda) Kongo peoples Probably late 19th century Wood Private collection, C
Bell (kunda) Kongo peoples Probably late 19th century Wood Private collection, C

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