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Galerie Flak - Thematic exbition on Mumuye art from Nigeria


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14/11/2024

On the occasion of the 70th edition of BRAFA in January 2025, the Galerie FLAK based in Paris, will present an exceptional collection of about twenty Mumuye sculptures from northeastern Nigeria. The late discovery of Mumuye art in Europe at the end of the 1960s was nothing short of a revelation. Mumuye statuary continually pushes the boundaries of its treatment of the human form, offering a captivating sense of movement, rhythmic disruptions and elongations, and a masterful interplay of negative and positive spaces. These qualities have drawn comparisons to the work of major 20th-century artists such as Henry Moore and Alberto Giacometti...
BRAFA 2025 - Galerie Flak - Thematic booth - Mumuye art in Nigeria