ABOUT THE KOTA ISSUE

 

For over 15 years, computer engineer Frédéric Cloth has studied more than 2,000 examples of Kota art. His research has revealed a number of analogies and suggests the

existence of three distinct types of reliquary figures. His findings are now the object of an exhibition at the Pulitzer Arts Foundation, giving visitors a unique opportunity to interact with Cloth’s digital database.

 

This bilingual special edition (English/French), produced by Tribal Art magazine in association with the Pulitzer Arts Foundation, is designed to broaden the debate about traditional Kota art. It features 72 pages of essays by Kristina Van Dyke and Frédéric Cloth—co-curators of the Pulitzer exhibition—, Louis Perrois—French ethnologist specialized in traditionnal African arts and author of Kota: Visions of Africa Series—, and Pierre Amrouche—expert in African art and author of numerous works on fine arts.

 

 

IN THIS ISSUE YOU WILL FIND

 

Primary Sources: Objects as Evidence

Kristina Van Dyke

 

Kota Funerary Figures of Equatorial Africa: From Field to Collections

Louis Perrois

 

New Light on the Kota

Frederic Cloth

 

The Kota Reliquary Figure: An Object of Desire

Pierre Amrouche

 

Plastic Convergences between Kota Sculptors and Cubist Painters: 

Reflections on the Problem of the Formal Drawing

Frederic Cloth

 

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