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Article: Memory and medicine at the British Museum.(first word)
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- African Arts
- Article date:
- December 22, 2003
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Much discussion of African art has dealt with where it fits into the bigger picture. Some of the earliest discussion, of course, simply asked how it could get into the picture--any picture. The critical theorists posed more questions. How should we frame the picture? How should we look at it? How do we deconstruct it? Others asked, How much does it cost? Where can I buy it? How do we repatriate it? The questions continue, but for the past twenty years African art (i.e., traditional/classical/old/used African art) has registered solidly on the academic radar screen. It is now even a regular on the TV screen, appearing in the set decoration of series with social and cultural ...
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