Museum and Gallery of Art in Nigeria

by Olufemi Olaleye-Otunla

For lack of understanding by western scholars, "African art" is not "art" but cre?tus esotericus (Latin) - created esoterica of Africans with dimensions far above ordinary art having imperatives of religious, entertainment, communication, power and identity, prestige and pride that gives materialization to the invisible, tangible form to supernatural entities which cannot be taken out of their context. To have labeled such as "art" is reductionism...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 6138947037
• ISBN13: 9786138947035
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Scholars' Press
• Length: 396 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"