Ubangi - Zande

Bernard de Grunne's newest catalogue, in collaboration with Jan-Lodewijk Grootaers

 

The art of the Ubangi region, distinguished by remarkable creativity and powerful stylistic expressions, offers a fascinating—and still insufficiently studied—artistic landscapes of Central Africa. Its exceptional stylistic richness and striking formal diversity, the result of some of the region’s most inventive traditions, will be brought to light through a group of works of a quality rarely assembled within a single exhibition. Particular attention will be given to the Zandé and to the pivotal role played by artists within their societies, whose creativity shaped distinctive aesthetic canons and fostered dynamic exchanges across the region. A new catalogue will be published on this occasion, produced in collaboration with Jan-Lodewijk Grootaers, whose research has made a major contribution to the study of Ubangi arts.