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silverfoxgalleries:

Clyfford Still

colin-vian:

Viktória Ballun    

arthuntblog:

Francis Davison [UK] (1919 - 1984) ~ “Small Squares, Green, White, Grey and Brown” ca 1965-71. Paper collage (60 x 49 cm).

met-africa-oceania:

Treasure Box (Papahou) via Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

Medium: Wood, shell

The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Purchase, Nelson A. Rockefeller Gift, 1960 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/311197

A Maori Treasure Box (Papahou) from the Bay of Plenty in the North Island of New Zealand:

Personal ornaments are important objects in Maori culture. Often worn on the head, the most sacred part of the body, these absorb the supernatural power (mana) of their wearers and are carefully handled when not in use. To contain ornaments and other valuable objects, carvers formerly fashioned treasure boxes that were hung from the rafters of houses to keep their precious and powerful contents out of reach. As the boxes were often seen from below, their undersides were also extensively carved.

Shallow rectangular treasure boxes such as this work were called papahou. The designs here consist primarily of human figures (tiki) that likely represent ancestors. The lid is adorned with a handle formed by three reclining tiki, two of whom are depicted in the act of procreation, perhaps symbolizing the continuity of the mana of the ancestors through their living descendants.

Found here (via gilliflower).

freakyfauna:

Les Vers Noirs No. 23, Tapisserie D'Aubusson.
Tapestry by Alexander Calder.

Found here (via gilliflower).

thirdorgan:

Josef Hlaváček (Czech, 1934 - 2008) Biolab 1989

hipinuff:

Sonia Balassanian (Armenian, b. 1942), Composition No.1609, 1975. Acrylic on canvas.

art-mysecondname:

Lesley Vance

Sukenobu Nishikawa 1671-1751: Picture Book of Pool of Clear Water - E hon Shimizu no Ike

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Tadashige Ono: Old Man of the Sea

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