Douglas Curran : The Elephant Has Four Hearts : Nyau Masks and Ritual

Jeffries, Bill; Curran, Douglas. Douglas Curran : The Elephant Has Four Hearts : Nyau Masks and Ritual. Vancouver, BC: Presentation House Gallery, 2005.

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Abstract (English)

"Vancouver based photographer Douglas Curran first met members of the Chewa people while working on a film in Zimbabwe in 1992. The Chewa he met were migrant workers from Malawi employed on plantations and in mines. Over a period of several years he gradually became integrated into this community in Malawi, photographing and filming their extraordinary rituals associated with a belief system known as Nyau. The Chewa rituals and their masks are part of a complex and spectacular set of beliefs that Curran has been encouraged by the Chewa to document. Curran, no longer an outsider to this culture, has created a stunning pictorial record that invites dialogue about recording the lives of others, and forces comparisons with contemporary performance art. The exhibition will consist of photographs, video and a sampling of masks." -- The Polygon website.

Types:	Catalogues > Exhibition catalogues
All Contributors:	Jeffries, Bill (Author); Curran, Douglas (Author)
Dossier:	410 - CURRAN, DOUGLAS
Collation:	48 pages : colour illustrations ; 22 cm
ISBN:	0920293638
Language of Publication:	English
Publishers:	Vancouver, BC: Presentation House Gallery
Artists:	Curran, Douglas
Critics / Curators / Historians:	Jeffries, Bill
Event Title:	The Elephant has Four Hearts : Nyau Masks and Ritual
Type:	Exhibition
Location:	Presentation House Gallery (Vancouver, British Columbia)
Dates:	8 January - 27 February 2005
Keywords:	MASK; RITUAL; MALAWI; AFRICAN CULTURE
Copyright Statement:	Presentation house gallery; the authors
Related URLs:	Publisher
Deposited by:	Users 1 not found.
Date Deposited:	15 Jul 2008
Last Modified:	01 Mar 2021 15:15
URI:	http://e-artexte.ca/id/eprint/20151

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