Ethnic headdressesAugust 4, 2010 at 23:23
Antoine de Galbert is going his own way ... for our pleaure
! He presents in Paris in his Maison Rouge
foundation his private collection of ethnic headdresses, begun fifteen years
ago. As a "sesame entry" to the exhibition, a Yaruba proverb says "this
is the head that knows your future". Just enter the space, the
spell operates on you. Each coif owns a part of
sacred, power and magic. The overall view is breathtaking and each headdress
reveals the mistery of a location, of an history, of a human being, usually a
chief, who used to wear the headdress and is given the opportunity to
reborn precisely in this space. No injunction from the collector to the
visitor. No intention what so ever to show or demonstrate. A gracious
invitation from mind to mind. The journey into
the head of the collector is an invitation for an imaginary journey in our own
heads. The scenery and the text are of great subtlety and intelligence :
their purpose is only to outline the headresses origins, materials
and ritual functions.
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