HIMALAYAN ART AN EXPLICATED ICONOGRAPHY

ETHNOFLORENCE

2008-2016

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HIMALAYAN ART

AN EXPLICATED ICONOGRAPHY

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Thanks to Andrea Mordacci and Jean Luc Cortes, a short text by Ethnoflorence.

Photo Courtesy of ©2016 Andrea Mordacci

The contextualization of the ethnographic materials from the place of origin often makes  impossible to understand the meaning of their iconography.

Photo Courtesy of ©2016 Andrea Mordacci

In this case the meaning of the iconography of a sculpture has been explained by some photographs taken on the field.

It is a special iconography, a human figure who holds another on the shoulders.

Photo Courtesy of ©2016 Andrea Mordacci

The realism of the gesture found in the sculpture well  represents the reality of  the rite.

 Photo Courtesy of ©2016 Jean Luc Cortes

Kalikot district

 Photo Courtesy of ©2016 Jean Luc Cortes

Jumla (Sundar gaon)

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Carrying the Oracle on his back, it is like to carry the God on his back.

Physics and metaphysics come together in the real life and in the iconography of this sculpture.

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Couple of Crowned North Nepalese Masks

ETHNOFLORENCE

2008-2015

N.919

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Excellent Couple of Crowned

North Nepalese Masks

Ethnoflorence in collaboration with

Andrea Mordacci

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Ethnoflorence 2008 2015 n 917

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INDIAN AND HIMALAYAN 

FOLK AND TRIBAL ARTS

2008-2016

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MASK OF THE DAY

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in collaboration with

Andrea Mordacci

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Enzo Mordacci

and the

Tribal Arts of the Himalayas

 

web exhibition

 

curated by

 

Ethnoflorence & Andrea Mordacci

 

http://ethnoflorence.skynetblogs.be/archive/2015/07/11/enzo-mordacci-and-the-tribal-arts-of-the-himalayas.html

 

 

 

 

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Interesting Himalayan asymmetric mask

ETHNOFLORENCE

IDIAN AND HIMALAYAN 

FOLK AND TRIBAL ARTS

2008-2016

N. 916

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Mask of the Day

Interesting Himalayan asymmetric mask

wood in natural patina

Photo Ethnoflorence

in collaboration

with

Andrea Mordacci

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Enzo Mordacci

and the

Tribal Arts of the Himalayas

web exhibition

curated by

Ethnoflorence & Andrea Mordacci

 

 

see more here

http://ethnoflorence.skynetblogs.be/archive/2015/07/11/enzo-mordacci-and-the-tribal-arts-of-the-himalayas.html

http://ethnoflorence.skynetblogs.be/archive/2015/07/11/enzo-mordacci-and-the-tribal-arts-of-the-himalayas.html

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Himalayan ancient male mask

ETHNOFLORENCE

INDIAN AND HIMALAYAN

FOLK AND TRIBAL ARTS

2008-2016

N. 915

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MASK OF THE DAY

Interesting ancient male mask,

part of a couple, Western Himalaya

wood in natural patina

 

Photo Ethnoflorence

in collaboration with Andrea Mordacci

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Enzo Mordacci

and the

Tribal Arts of the Himalayas

  web exhibition

curated by

Ethnoflorence & Andrea Mordacci

see more here

http://ethnoflorence.skynetblogs.be/archive/2015/07/11/enzo-mordacci-and-the-tribal-arts-of-the-himalayas.html

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old post selection

SAURASHTRA

MEMORIAL STONES

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Ancient Terai polychromatic female Mask

ETHNOFLORENCE

2008-2015

n.914

MASK OF THE DAY

Ancient Terai polychromatic female Mask

Photo Ethnoflorence in collaboration with Andrea Mordacci

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Enzo Mordacci

and the

Tribal Arts of the Himalayas

web exhibition

curated by

Ethnoflorence & Andrea Mordacci

see more here

http://ethnoflorence.skynetblogs.be/archive/2015/07/11/enzo-mordacci-and-the-tribal-arts-of-the-himalayas.html

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Enzo Mordacci and the Tribal Arts of the Himalayas

ETHNOFLORENCE

n.913

2008-2015

Enzo Mordacci

and the

Tribal Arts of the Himalayas

web exhibition

curated by

Ethnoflorence & Andrea Mordacci

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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2015

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Masks of the Himalayas

 

 

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Regards Himalayens Kathmandu August 15/16 2014

ETHNOFLORENCE

INDIAN AND HIMALAYAN

FOLK AND TRIBAL ARTS

2008-2016

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 n. 804

Himalayan Regards

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Kathmandu August 15/16,
“Cafè Electric Pagoda”, Thamel, Ktm

 

 

First Nepali meeting on Himalayan tribal arts and comparison with western “gazes”.

 

The event brought together some exponents of the Himalayan market of Tribal Arts: Shiva Bhandari,
Suman Raj, Bishnu Shrestha, Raju Shrestha, Ram Bohora, Sitaram Bajgayn.  

 This is an attempt to propose an aesthetic and qualitative common ground and a more defined stylistic identity of Himalayan Tribal Arts.

For the meeting, every participant had selected some artworks in order to contribute to the debate around a possible definition of an ‘Himalayan aesthetics’;

controversial subject, which is still widely unknown to the western world or object to misleading interpretations especially if compared with the African aesthethic.

 

 

 

In representation of the Himalayan art, the meeting had offered  masks from different areas of Nepal, Phurba and wooden sculptures with different patinas.

 

Curator and creator of the event:

 

Dr. Andrea Mordacci 

 

in collaboration with

 

Ethnoflorence.

 

 With the hope that this project, duly enlarged and in the details curated, will be followed by the organization of a first National exhibition in Nepal of
Himalayan tribal arts, possibly during the period spring/summer 2015.

 

 

Photo courtesy of Ravee Maharjan

 

Enzo Mordacci,
Text by Andrea Mordacci and Ethnoflorence

 

Translation by Alice Borchi and Ethnoforence

 

Edited by

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2008-2016

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Nepalese fungus archaic mask

ETHNOFLORENCE N 741

MASK OF THE DAY

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NEPALESE

FUNGUS ARCHAIC

MASK

Photo Ethnoflorence

2014

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Nepalese dark patina animistic middle hills mask 73th Zemanek

ETHNOFLORENCE

N 738

2008 – 2014

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Nepalese dark patina animistic middle hills mask

edited in the

catalogue of the

73th

ZEMANEK AUCTION

2500/5000

Sold for 3000 euro

Provenance

Pierre Zink

Alsace

France

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ETHNOFLORENCE PAST RECENT EDITIONS

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Ethnoflorence n 732

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MAGIA MISTERO MEMORIA

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GLI ARCHETIPI

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ENZO MORDACCI

 

An iterdisciplinary pilot project curated by Andrea Mordacci and Ethnoflorence

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SAN  FRANCISCO

TRIBAL AND TEXTILE ARTS SHOW

FORT MASON

GUEST EXHIBITION

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MASK THEN AND NOW

INSPIRATION AND INTERPRETATION

curated by

THOMAS MURRAY

 

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