Lot 0054

2 Kuba Boxes with Lids, "ngedi mu ntey"

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Item Details

Description

2 Rotholzpulver-Deckeldosen, "ngedi mu ntey"
Kuba, DR Kongo
Ohne Sockel / without base
Holz. H 7,5 - 8 cm L 25,5 - 30 cm.

Provenienz:
Gérald Minkoff (1937-2009) und Muriel Olesen (1948-2020), Genf.

Publiziert:
Minkoff, Gérald (1997). L'art fait signe aux royaumes des Kuba. Edition Miss Understanding For All. Seite 21.

Ausgestellt:
Forum de Meyrin, Ville de Meyrin, 11.04.-10.05.1997.

Das heutige Königreich Kuba ist eine von der Herrscherschicht Bushong dominierte Konföderation von rund zwanzig Ethnien mit gemeinsamer Bantu-Abstammung.

Der Name Kuba kommt aus der Bantu-Sprache und bedeutet dort "Wurfmesser". Die ca. 250'000 Menschen zählende Gruppe des Kuba-Stammeskomplexes umfasst u. a. die Bushoong, Kete, Tetela, Ngeende, Lele, Binji, und Shoowa.

Die Kuba hegen eine spezielle Vorliebe für geometrische Formen und sind in erster Linie für ihre kunstvoll abstrakt gestalteten Textilien berühmt. Aber auch alle anderen Gegenstände ihres Gebrauchs wurden gerne über und über mit feinsten Mustern versehen.

Ein schönes Beispiel für diese ornamentale Fertigkeit der Kuba sind diese fein verzierten Deckelschalen. Sie dienten zum Aufbewahren von tukula, einer wohlriechenden, roten Holzmehl-Paste, die zum Färben von Textilien und zur Körperbemalung verwendet wurde.

Weiterführende Literatur:
Falgayrettes-Leveau, Christiane et al. (1997). Réceptacles. Paris: Musée Dapper.

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Gérald Minkoff und Muriel Olesen

Muriel Minkoff-Olesen (1948- 2020) absolvierte ihre Ausbildung an der Schule für Gestaltung in Genf. Gérald Minkoff (1937-2009) war ausgebildeter Anthropologe und Biologe.

Beide erlangen als Künstler Bekanntheit und ab ihrer Begegnung im Jahr 1967 war das symbolträchtige Paar der zeitgenössischen Kunst unzertrennlich. Das reisebegeisterte Duo Olesen-Minkoff erkundete das Leben wie neugierige Nomaden und durchstreifte so den Erdball von Afrika über Asien, Ozeanien und Amerika bis Patagonien.

Als Künstler und erfahrene Sammler zeitgenössischer Kunst hatten sie verständlicherweise auch eine ausgeprägte Sensibilität für die Ästhetik und Konzepte der Aussereuropäischen Kunst.

Die Genfer Wohnung des Paares, vielleicht ihr schönstes Gemeinschaftswerk, wurde dadurch zu einem Ort, an dem die Werke enger Freunde wie Daniel Spoerri, Arman und Man Ray sowie ihre eigenen Fotografien mit fast tausend Objekten aus Afrika, Ozeanien, Asien und Südamerika zusammenlebten.

CHF 200 / 400

Condition

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Weight

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2 Kuba Boxes with Lids, "ngedi mu ntey"

Name: 2 Kuba Boxes with Lids, \"ngedi mu ntey\"
SKU: 169018602
Price: 90 CHF
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