REVIEW
Left:
E vetta P etty
Sisterhood,
2007
satin ribbon,
green rhinestones,
Lucite, aurora
borealis crystal
5 x
16
in.
In and Out
O f A frica
r e v i e w b y
Christy D eSw ith
The Global Africa Project
Museum of Arts and Design
New York, New York
November 17,2010 - May 15,2011
madmuseum.org
G
A R G A N T U A N IN ITS A M B IT IO N ,
“The Global Africa Project” seeks to gather
the strands of African culture as they
stretch across the globe. Now on view at
the Museum of Arts and Design, the exhibi-
tion offers about 200 works of photogra-
phy, furniture, jewelry, fashion, and
ceramics. Notably, not all of the nearly
120 artists are African or even of African
descent, but they respond to African
themes from their studios around the
world. Besides selecting artists and design-
ers from countries like Senegal and South
Africa, co-curators Lowery Stokes Sims
and Leslie King-Hammond included
many from the United States, Germany,
France, Japan, India, and Haiti, among
other countries.
From a fine-craft perspective, “Global
Africa” offers something remarkable:
It traces how traditions filter through the
African diaspora. Thanks to the curators’
Sisterhood
photo: Danielle Sullivan, courtesy of Harlem’s Heaven Hat Boutique
/ A ll Fingers
photo: Courtesy of the artist
032 american craft apr/may 11
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