ART/SNEAK PEEK : TAKE AN AFRICAN ODYSSEY AT NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM.Here's a nice, modest project: Tracing the lifeline of an entire continent, in this case Africa. It requires many things, including well-chosen objects and a hands-on, multimedia approach. It also takes the right attitude of curiosity minus condescension con·de·scen·sion n. 1. The act of condescending or an instance of it. 2. Patronizingly superior behavior or attitude. [Late Latin cond . Those elements come together unusually smoothly in ``Africa: One Continent, Many Worlds,'' a well-traveled exhibition finally having its West Coast premiere at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County opened in Exposition Park, Los Angeles, California, USA in 1913 as the Museum of History, Science, and Art. The moving force behind it was a museum association founded in 1910. . It's running through Jan. 4 at the museum in Exposition Park Exposition Park is the name of more than one place:
Tapping into the world-class African collections of the Field Museum in Chicago, the exhibition integrates traditional objects with contemporary perspectives. Weaving your way through simulations of African villages and modern cityscapes, you can't miss the double-headed brass snake of the Bamum kingdom. But you'll also run into a re-created interior of a small car rapide, just like the ones that traverse the Senegalese capital of Dakar. There's a life-size robotic rhinoceros rhinoceros, massive hoofed mammal of Africa, India, and SE Asia, characterized by a snout with one or two horns. The rhinoceros family, along with the horse and tapir families, forms the order of odd-toed hoofed mammals. , a replicated alter of an ``oba'' (divine ruler) of Benin and the darkened dark·en v. dark·ened, dark·en·ing, dark·ens v.tr. 1. a. To make dark or darker. b. To give a darker hue to. 2. To fill with sadness; make gloomy. 3. interior of a slave ship, where you'll hear the individual stories of four enslaved Enslaved may refer to:
Additional highlights: a photography exhibition, ``Africa's Legacy in Mexico,'' by Tony Gleaton, focusing on descendants of African slaves brought to New Spain between the 1500s and the 1700s; a batik-on-cloth workshop taught by artist Teresa Tolliver (10 to 11:30 a.m. Nov. 16); and an Africa symposium Dec. 6, in which four leading researchers will provide an overview of the development of African science and technology from ancient times to the present. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. Admission is $6 adults; $2 children ages 5-12; $3.50 for students and seniors; and free to museum members. For information, call (213) 763-3466 or TTY (TeleTYpewriter) See teletypewriter and TDD/TTY. (hardware) tty - /tit'ee/ (ITS pronunciation, but some Unix people say it this way as well; this pronunciation is not considered to have sexual undertones), /T T Y/ 1. teletypewriter. 2. : (213) 743-4861. Molding an identity While you're in the Exposition Park neighborhood, consider a visit to the California African-American Museum, which is hosting a group ceramics exhibition by African-American artists working in California. ``Caressed by the Earth, Contoured by Hand'' reveals the variety of contemporary ceramics, from the graceful abstractions of Lava Thomas to Horace Washington's striking, faux-antique ``Mask'' series. The exhibition, on view through Jan. 4, will intersect with two related workshops, ``Face Vessels,'' a look at pottery made by enslaved African-Americans (Nov. 2); and ``Movable Art,'' a study of three generations of African-American women sculptors (Oct. 26 and Nov. 23). For information, call (213) 744-7432. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Finely knitted hats made for royal or wealthy individuals in Cameroon are on display as part of ``Africa: One Continent, Many Worlds.'' |
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