Focusing mainly on painting, sculpture and photography made since 1926, a recent summer exhibition in Paris surveys the enduring creative
spirit of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Not exact matches
And I'll add a few
of my own favorites: Waugh on the Merits, Paul Mankowski; Singing Aquinas in L.A., Dana Gioia; The Tragedy
of the
Republic, Pierre Manent; Struggle Against the Gods, Gao Zhisheng; The Omni - American Blues, David Bradley; and The
Spirit of Democratic Capitalism, R. R. Reno.
The committee's 96 members voted on the works selected to bring into the collection, including «I'll Bend But I Will Not Break» (1998) by Betye Saar, Julie Mehretu's «Epigraph, Damascus» (2016); «Forest
Spirit Figure,» a monumental 19th century sculptural figure from Nigeria; and a collection
of 29 ceremonial barkcloth paintings made in the 20th century by the Mbuti people
of the
Democratic Republic of Congo.