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Show Expressions of Culture: Visual Forms of the Kuba Kfl»n J.Willis [Mary R Fran«y, Pauline W.Wiessner) College of Fine Artsr Department of Anthropology, Utah Museum of Fine Arts, University of Utah This poje-rt involves the rawa rch. developrneni and installation of an €i*h" hrtr?n of African ^ u h u ial mtfprinl drawn From tteUtnhMujeurnoF Fine Arts collections Often museum vision are u naror or underestimate the complexity oF 1 hp. Africa n nai ^n?. yel the divercrty of this continent ispyidp In 1 he social. economV, aesthetic, and religious aspects of everyday African Fife The preyed devekiped from a phitosophVal nnd pthr^flisphic Franev^r^ ^onnerting thephpic^ w?thet"c. and ^pintualelernenH thnt ?ip l to tht production of^yrtural noteifaL Ob|«aa produced bv a peopt ?re a way oF contest" ng ?r>d i nnd reproduce ^ ^ u h u rei ch?n<jt. visual i^in-|& rnay remain stylistically consiant although the rnean ir^^ aiir"rrh€iH to them vary. By eMmln ir^ c yrtuml rnat€fi?lfls 1he repf mentation of a jocietfr corTiplexrtie? are revealed-the arti^V and 5ociakonjtrurt5 Iwcomp nppar^fit in thefunctionalar>d s^red objects mad^Hind utilized by a culture. Kuba c u*1 u re i& ric h with ritual ar>d symbolism: thi? h^itage is^tnklrqlnihp I? rig uage rt pf psents - a visual language or" varied ftjrnu nndgpometric patterns. A varieiv oF wsrks reprewnt a range oF desqns reflertinp indigpr>?u5 beliefs EHnmplp* ill u?trnte1hatdi^r>-iMte objects ohen serve 1o con^fc suppoM ar>d pe*F^tuate drffcf eM parts of this c u h u re^ tflheF sysiflm Ind^pJavinrjcomrnonotijKHnlong^idPiho^eofthesacredandsublimp.ihp^^rrplaicn? ar>d ubiquity ofthis visual tanguapecafi readily be obwrved. Visual Forms also remForceoi her types com munica- ftrren ' UMFA UTAH MUSEUM FINE ARTS AT Tri E UNffWaiT OF \Hflri . . j .. Ft ri . m. . i+- :: _3 |