Passion d'Afrique. L'art africain dans les collections italiennes. Europe outside the norm and beyond

outside the norm and beyond the margins

s'’il ne néglige pas la classification

where we too quickly think that it is primarily a question of religion and religious rituals

the will which was his that rites and theories were not dead letters

ont assuré la pérennité de cet asservissement de l’homme par l’homme : du bassin méditerranéen aux confins septentrionaux en passant par les terres byzantines

Passion d'Afrique. L'art africain dans les collections italiennes. Europe outside the norm and beyondA history, since the 1950s, of the taste for ancient sub Saharan African art in Italy and among Italians living abroad. Presents a selection of 120 aesthetically remarkable works that illustrate this history of Italian private collections of African art. The DVD also includes documentaries on two exhibitions organized in Rome in 1990 and in Turin in 2003 2004.