Museums - Musée Dapper
Musée Dapper
rue Paul Valéry 35
75006 Paris
France
01 45 00 91 75
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The Musée Dapper is a private institution created in 1986 and dedicated to both contemporary and traditional African art. It has exhibition galleries as well as venues for performances, and a library. It also publishes important books on African art and literature. The Musée Dapper and the Dapper Foundation have greatly contributed to the exposure of African art through the presentation of some thirty exhibitions over the years, usually at the rate of one or two a year. The museum carries the name of Olfert Dapper, the seventeenth-century Dutch humanist and author of the famous Description de l'Afrique, an essential reference work whose interdisciplinary approach, unique at the time, linked geography, economics, politics, medicine, and the study of traditions.
Happenings
15 Oct 09 to 11 Jul 10
Tribal art Exhibition
Musée Dapper
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Tribal art Exhibition
A new exhibition at the Musée Dapper, curated jointly by Christine Falgayrettes-Leveau and Anne van Cutsem-Vanderstraete, will provide insight into the male realm through the presentation of traditional tribal ornaments and sculptures. Featuring works from some of the finest public and private collections, the exhibition will be organized by geographic location, covering the diversity of the major culture areas of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas. Aside from the artistic aspects of the works, the exhibition will emphasize the extreme diversity of materials, largely drawn from natural resources, used for the creation of ornaments, as well as the objects’ complex and socially important symbolic content.