Parcours des Mondes, Paris, 2016

September 5, 2016

Parcours des Mondes, Paris, 2016

16 images

A selection of works from the 15th edition of one of the world’s most important tribal art fairs.

: Donald Ellis Gallery, model tipi, Cheyenne Central Plains, North America, 1860, buffalo skin and pigments, 144 x 80 cm, photo John Bigelow Taylor

: Painting, India, Kangra, 1800, Pigments and gold on paper, 14 x 19.2 cm, © Alexis Renard, photo Mercier

: Pascassio Manfredi, ritual object, Batak, Sumatra, Indonesia, 19th century, Wood and pigments, H: 49 cm, © Pascassio Manfredi, photo Vincent Girier Dufournier

: Yann Ferrandin, Comb, Ivory Coast, 19th century, Ivory, 12 x 5 cm, © Yann Ferrandin, photo Hughes Dubois

: Kapil Jariwala, painting, Nathdwara, Rajasthan, India, 1750, pigments and gold leaf on fabric, 2080 x 3830 cm (detail), © Kapil Jariwala Gallery, photo Mark Colliton

: Dimondstein Tribal Arts, buffalo head mask, Bamum, northwestern Cameroon, First quarter of the twentieth century, Wood, L. 76 cm, © Dimondstein Tribal Arts

: Jonathan Hope, Batik loincloth, Java, Indonesia, circa 1900, Natural dyes on the European cotton, 106 X 261 cm, © Jonathan Hope, photo PJ Gates

: Dandrieu – Giovagnoni, Dan Mask, Ivory Coast, early twentieth century, wood, metal, plant fibers and hair, 26 x 14 cm, © Dandrieu – Giovagnoni, photo Gallery Archives

: Michael Evans Tribal Art, handpainted bark cloth, Polynesia, 1860, 148 x 160 cm (detail), © Michael Evans Tribal Art

: Christophe Hioco Gallery, bodhisattva head, Gandhara, Afghanistan / Pakistan, Third – fourth century, schist, H: 24 cm, © Galerie Christophe Hioco, photo DR

: Didier Claes, stool, Luba region Kabongo, DR Congo, late nineteenth century, Wood and glass beads, H. 48 cm, © Didier Claes, photo studio Philippe Formanoir-Paso Doble

: Finch & Co., Shrunken Head, Tsantsa, Amazon, South America, late nineteenth century, dark red hair, yellow toucan feather pendants, kapok fiber, braided rope and burned hair, H. 10 cm (to the head); Total length: 50 cm, © Finch & Co

: Berz Gallery of African Art, Mask, Senufo, Ivory Coast, Early twentieth century, Wood stain, H. 31 cm, © Berz Gallery of African Art

: Serge Schoffel Art First, Kingdom of Kom and Oku, Cameroon, 19th century, Wood, H. 35 cm, © Serge Schoffel Premier Art, photo Frédéric Dehaen – Studio Asselberghs

: Frank Van Craen Gallery, Head, Fang village of Mela, Monts de Cristal, Gabon, Collected in 1920, Wood, H. 47 cm, © Galerie Frank Van Craen, photo studio Philippe Formanoir – Paso Doble

Donald Ellis Gallery, model tipi, Cheyenne Central Plains, North America, 1860, buffalo skin and pigments, 144 x 80 cm, photo John Bigelow Taylor

From 6-11 September, Saint-Germain-des-Prés in Paris becomes an extended gallery ‘where the paths of the world cross’ for the 15th edition of Parcours des Mondes. Last year the premier tribal art fair broadened its scope to include Asian works alongside the Oceanic, African and Native American art on offer, and that formula is repeated this year.

An exotic atmosphere is created by the coming together of eighty-four specialist international galleries, with twenty-seven thematic exhibitions including ‘Hair’ at Yann Ferradin devoted to coiffeures and hair ornaments produced by tribal societies, ‘Miniature Treasures’ by Thomas Murray, and a show focussed on shamanic masks and sculptures from Alaska and Siberia at Galeri Flak. Other exhibitors include Entwistle, Didier Claes, Lucas Ratton, Dandrieu-Giovagnoni, Donald Ellis Gallery, Finch & Co, Kapil Jariwala Gallery, Alexis Renard, Serge Schoffel Art Premier, Galerie Frank Van Craen and Jonathan Hope.

Tribal Art Magazine is arranging a retrospective exhibition of the fair itself at Espace Tribal, tracing its evolution and highlights since its inception in 2001.