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Baule
Featuring 250 illustrations, a detailed study of the sculpture of the Baule people of the Ivory Coast--long seen by Westerners as one of Africa's most important artistic traditions--explores the Baules' ways of expression and aesthetic understanding. UP.
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DREAMS & REVERIE
"The Baule people of the Cote d'Ivoire believe that each person has a mate of the opposite sex in the blolo or otherworld, an ideal place from which newborns arrive and to which the dead return. In Dreams and Reverie, Philip Ravenhill examines the fascinating figurative art created by the Baule to represent their otherworld mates, discussing as well the psychological and existential meanings behind the images." "The existence of the otherworld person is usually first encountered by young adults who face a specific problem, such as infertility or the failure to marry. A figure is carved to represent the otherworld partner and to receive offerings on his or her behalf." "Ravenhill analyzes Bau...
Baule: African Art, Western Eyes
"Baule: African Art, Western Eyes" is an exhibition of art by Baule artists from Cote d'Ivoire that was on display at the National Museum of African Art of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. during May 1999. Video recordings relating to the exhibition are available online, as well as selected images of Baule objects that were on display. The exhibition was organized by the Yale University Art Gallery in cooperation with the Museum for African Art.
