Paris Primitive: Jacques Chirac's Museum on the Quai Branly

by Sally Price

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In 1990 Jacques Chirac, the future president of France and a passionate fan of non-European art, met Jacques Kerchache, a maverick art collector with the lifelong ambition of displaying African sculpture in the holy temple of French culture, the Louvre. Together they began laying plans, and ten years later African fetishes were on view under the same roof as the Mona Lisa. Then, in 2006, amidst a maelstrom of controversy and hype, Chirac presided...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0226680703

ISBN13:9780226680705

Release Date:October 2007

Publisher:University of Chicago Press

Length:224 Pages

Weight:0.80 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.4" x 8.9"

Related Subjects

Anthropology Architecture Art Art History Arts, Music & Photography Cultural Education & Reference Europe France History History & Criticism Humanities Politics & Social Sciences Reference Social Sciences Textbooks

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