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Inscribing Meaning: Writing + Graphic Systems in African Art
URL: http://africa.si.edu/exhibits/inscribing/index2.html

Description:
This exhibition "explores the relationships between African art and the communicative powers of language, graphic systems and the written word." Exhibit sections cover body art, sacred aspects of graphic inscription, political writing, artists' books, and related topics. Includes learning activities and suggested reading. Developed by the National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, in association with the Fowler Museum at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

LII Topics: African, Art by Region

Publisher:
National Museum of African Art

LII Database Information:
Record 24236 created by Jennifer English on 07/31/2007
Last modification on 01/31/2008
Published: 01/31/2008  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/24236

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