I am in Paris

I am in Paris to follow up the auctions, the openings and the opening from the quai Branly.

I have taken a few pieces with me. If you are in Paris you can phone me on my mobile to meet me if you are interested in African Art and want to see the few pieces I took with me.

phone David norden: +32 3 227 3540

Real Airport Art

Cultural Expressions

AIRPORT PYLONS Sankofa SingsAfrican art and artifacts from the 19th century are on display. Part of the City’s permanent collection, these items are a sampling from the opening exhibition at the City of Austin’s new George Washington Carver Museum & Cultural Center. Titled Sankofa Sings, these authentic items include a hand carved Bolo mask, cast bronze Bamileke Gongs, and intricate wood carvings. Pictured at right is Seated Male Figure with Beard.
On display through June 27, 2006.
Location: Ten pylonsLevel: Concourse across from Gates 7-12

My sites

My sites:
African Antiques a portal related on African Art
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diamonds news a portal with interesting texts related on the diamond world.

and also:
african business Parked links about African Americans
business foreclosure a site related on real estates and mortgages
film clips with free complete films and other video and movie news
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Diamonds trade news
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BIG Man small man

Bruneaf - Brussels non European art fair: "'BIG Man small man' an exhibition at Gallery Geerts in Brussels from 7 to 11 june 2006, rue Lebeau 27. Opening on tuesday 6 June between 6:00 and 9:00 pm DAVID NORDEN I was again not selected as a Bruneaf member in 2006, but due to the high demand of my readers you where able to see me is in Brussels in the rue Lebeau 27, it is the street going down from the Sablon. The theme this year will be statues and masks representing man. All showed objects where guaranteed 50 years old or more and created in a tribal context (certificate delivered on request). See more at big man small man David Norden"

Branly et vieilles familles dans l'eventail

http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/group/AntiquesAfricaines/?yguid=2524688

Je ne m'en rendait pas compte, mais je fais moi-même partie d'unevieille famille Anversoise. Donc faut plus trop rigoler avec moi :-)

Je m'explique: J'achete cette semaine le Nr special de L'Eventail en librairie de Mai 2006
Avec en couverture une tête Lobi a coté decelle de Mr Chirac ( Par analogie??)
Avec comme titre : "ArtsPremiers" Quai Branly Le Musée du President.

Un magazine super interessant sur les vieilles familles.
Ce nr concerne principalement les vieilles familles interessée par l'ArtAfricain et non-européen, et à ma grande stupeur j'en fait partie...parmi les Degrunne, Alex Van Opstal, Chauveau, Mestdagh et autres riches excentriques comme Dora et Paul Janssen.

Voici ce qu'ils écrivent en page 37:

A Anvers également, à cause du port et de l'arrivage des bateaux, il y a eu des collectionneurs et des marchands depuis le début du siècle. En 1928, Henry Pareyn a vendu une partie de sa collection a un marchand parisien Charles Ratton, ainsi qu'une autre partie aux enchères: 200 pages de catalogue et trois jours de vente.
Fourreur et taxidermiste, M. Walschaert avait également une tres belle collection avant la guerre; il la vendit en partie à Mme Lévy,dont le fils Norden est toujours marchand à Anvers.

écrit par Jean De Maere dans http://www.eventail.be/
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Et voila, je me demande ou il a été chercher son information, de toute façon c'est juste a l'exception de l'ortographe du nom de ma mère qui s'appelle Mme Nadya Levi.

De toute façon c'est un nr interessant, aller le chercher chez votre libraire.
En tous les cas tous les objets dans ma galerie proviennent d'une vieille famille Anversoise, en tout bien tout honneur...

David Norden.

funny video clips

Free funny video clips . You will soon be able to add your own clips, and rate them.

Spank Moons

Spank Moons is a photographer in Antwerp

See his CV..

African People & Culture.Typology of statues.

I found the following article. It is not very accurate, and doesn't show much knowlege about the African tribes and customs, but I like the descriptions of the different kind of pieces to be found in tourist shops today.

Of course you can find erotic carvings in African Art, like the Sari Porno from Madagascar.

Also it is not true that most pieces usage can't be known. You can find plenty documentation,about most African Tribes.


David Norden.

Daily Observer Newspaper - African People & Culture: "African People & Culture
Written by Sanna Jawara Thursday, 13 April 2006

When a person views African art, several themes seem to come up over and over again.
These themes are representations of different things that are significant to African culture; and reveal the importance behind some of its most beautiful art.
The common themes are:

A couple
A woman and a child
A male with a weapon or animal
An outsider or 'stranger'

Couples are most commonly shown as freestanding figures of relatively the same size and stature. They may be representative of ancestors, a married couple, twins, or community founders. This is representative of the importance placed on two as one. Most art of this type was developed for shrines or for positions of ceremonial honour.

Sexual intimacy is rare in African carvings. This in that it is rare for men and women to display their affection publicly. The most common theme of the male and female couple is that of strength and honour; not love and intimacy.

The mother and child couple is often representative of mother earth and the people as her children. African women will generally have a very strong desire for children as well however. The strong desire that a woman has to bear children further shows the strong mother child relationship that is a vital part of African culture .

A male with a weapon or animal (commonly a horse) is commonly produced to show honour to departed ancestors. Animals are rarely sculpted for the purpose of showing the inward or outward beauty of the animal; but to give status to the person. Even today, many in Africa would consider the ownership of a horse to be of greater status than the ownership of an automobile. Showing a person with a horse would then be giving great honor to them. Sometimes people are shown with animals that are not really ridden; possibly even mythical. The purpose is to show the power given to one who rides such an animal; and the wealth that they must have.

As women achieve significance through their children, men will often be honoured in warfare. The one who goes into battle must have physical, emotional and spiritual energy to survive and to conquer. Thus the emphasis on weapons and the spoils of war in many African works.

A final common representation in African art is that of the stranger. In Africa, a stranger is someone from a different country or tribe. They would usually not be welcomed; and the more distorted the portrayal of the stranger, the greater the gap that is normally symbolized. Sometimes strangers; especially white foreigners; are given a form of respect based on their relatively great weaponry and other powers.

Unfortunately, much of African art comes with no explanation of the meaning intended to be symbolized when it was created. When the meaning can be discerned, the deeper understanding gained and fuller appreciation of the cultural heritage can be obtained in a more meaningful and memorable way.

Information and images kindly provided by Africa Imports

wholesale diamonds

Danny Diamonds is the diamond site I just created for a friend of mine who is in the diamond business in Antwerp. There is a section related on the latest diamond news with gossips and interesting articles related on diamonds, and you can also find some of his wholesale diamonds for sale. This section will grow in the near future.

Lisboa Fair

The Lisboa Fair was quite good. I sold several items and also visited a few very high end private collection, they had mostly Tschokwe, Makonde, Yoruba, and Mozambique material.

I also a very big dealer-collector who had more than 140 maternity's, it was simply fabulous.

Fly Lisboa

Fly Lisboa: "Dear friend,

The grand XVII BIENAL DE ANTIGUIDADES opening is on Saturday in Lisbon, Portugal, 4 p.m. and I really am happy of the selection of fine pieces I have made to show you there.

I found some marvelous old and fine Baule masks, a fine Bacongo wooden rattle, an impressive Dogon picoreur mask formerly from the Dutch dealer Steven van de Raadt, a superb Makonde mask, some fine little Luba statues, etc..

If you are already excited, just take a plane, with TAF you can be there in a few hours I guess. Since the Fair is open daily untill midnight, you can make it a 'short trip'. Also the Fair covers two weekends, so if you can't make it this weekend, do it the next.
http://users.telenet.be/african-shop/lisboa-fair.htm

It is really hot there and the beach is just around the corner... Perfect to get a little tan :-) My Hotel has a swimming pool on the roof, perfect for my daughter Zazie who is 6 now and who will join me for a few days with my wife Sylvie.

The best way to go is with TAF Airlines
https://booking.flytap.com/TP/Start.do .
You can find hotels on http://www.bookings.pt/

When I come back from Lisbon I will certainly go to the Lempertz auction next tribal art auction in Brussels on 30/3/2006
http://users.telenet.be/african-shop/lempertz.htm .
Another interesting auction is is the Jean-Pierre Hallet auction in New York , May 9-10, 2006.
His father was the famous Africanist painter André Hallet, read more at
http://users.telenet.be/african-shop/jean-pierre_hallet.htm

We are doing research on African objects previously owned by Félix Fénéon.
Especially the objects sold in auction of 1947:
Bellier, Hotel Drouot-Paris "Collection Fénéon, Afrique, Océanie, Amérique", 11 & 13 June 1947.
CALL US IF YOU HAVE THE ABOVE CATALOGUE WITH BUYERS NAMES.
Fénéon's love for art was absolute, and even formed his political orientation. The failure by the "bourgeois" society to understand the real artists, its admiration with commonplace hacks, 'sugary masters of schools and academies', and its accusation of new and fresh trends - all this was enough for Fénéon to justify the destruction of society.
Fénéon approved of Anarchistic propaganda, even its extreme forms, whichcalled for action using bombs. Some works by Impressionists hang from the walls of his study in the Ministry of Defence. Later, when Anarchists' terrorist attacks shocked France, some explosives would be found in the same study. Read more at :
http://users.telenet.be/african-shop/felix_feneon.htm

Theft of sacred Kenya vigango angers Kenyan villagers Memorial totems are increasingly being stolen to fuel Western demand for African art.
http://users.telenet.be/african-shop/kenya-vigango.htm

Traditions Rome shows signs of African art . Over 100 works buck stereotypes and reveal thriving culture (ANSA) - Rome, March 3 - A facinating new exhibition here seeks to give visitors a glimpse of African art and culture and buck some stereotypes in the process. The show, entitled "Segni e simboli: i linguaggi nelle tradizioni africane" (Signs and symbols: languages in African traditions), opens at the city's Biblioteca Angelica on March
http://users.telenet.be/african-shop/traditions_rome.htm

Landmarks in the globalization of modern African art. Contemporary African art is experiencing a renaissance in the West, moving beyond the primitivism of 1906 when western artists were influenced by traditional African art, and which sparked off a trend in the 1930s and 1940s showing African artworks in the West.
http://users.telenet.be/african-shop/modern_african_art.htm

Hope to meet you soon,

february06

february06: "News February 06

Dear reader,

Some exciting news this month and some interesting perspectives for the future.
Etribal and Tribal magazine decided to become a magazine again.
I will participate at the Biennial Fair of Antiques of Lisbon. The fair will be from 18 March to 26 March 2006.The last fair was very successful.
Let me know if you need details on how to participate yourself, or if you know high end antique dealers willing to participate ( tribal art or not ), or if you need an invitation.
If you live around Lisbon, I can also come visit you.

At the end of the email, I'll show you some items for sale at this moment.
Can I please also ask those of you who bought from me in the past, and those intending to perhaps do so in the future to answer this mail and give me you home address, phone number, and collecting field ?
Thanks,
David Norden

Last Minute: William Rubin, 78, Curator Who Transformed MoMA, Dies
William Rubin's made the catalogue for the 1984 exhibition "Primitivism" in 20th Century Art at the Museum of Art and demonstrated affinities between African Art and modern artists.

Stolen Art
The Luba piece was bought by Lavuun Quackelbeen (Brussels) from Diou Jean Pierre, La Garde-Freinet, France. IT WAS NEVER DELIVERED. A lawyer has been requested to file a case against Mr Diou, and this piece may not be sold to someone else .

Dan-Toma mask.Height: 32 cm
Stolen from the GALERIE ALAIN BOVIS in Paris on 11 January 2006 .

Fairs
Biennial Fair of Antiques of Lisbon 18 to 26 March 2006.
I hope to meet you there.
The last fair was very successful. Let me know if you need details on how to participate yourself, or if you know high end antique dealers willing to participate ( tribal art or not ), or if you need an invitation. If you live around Lisbon I can also come visit you.

The 52nd Annual Winter Antiques Show runs through 29 Janunary 2006 at the Seventh Regiment Armory PLUCK. When they work, it works.
So, welcome to the 52nd Annual Winter Antiques Show which opens today on Park Avenue. This was once the best, hands-down swellest event of its kind in the New York season, but it has competition now. Lots. The Seventh Regiment Armory has functioned as a glorified loading dock for all kinds of shows, coming and going, with specialty items like the International Asian Art Fair and the Tribal and Textile Arts Show generating serious incandescence.

Museums

William Rubin, 78, Curator Who Transformed MoMA, and wrote "primitivism" Dies
Birds & Felines Compared Arts Barbier-Mueller ... to 15th March 2006
Birds and felines often occurred in the daily life of Pre-Columbian civilizations and inhabited their legends in such a way that they are very often represented in works of art and objects from this period.
deYoung and the old
New Museum Exhibition in Rimini (Italy) Marc Augé - Musée des Regards (français). Inaugurazione del "Affrica Terra Incognita - Raccolte Etnografiche di Rimini"(Italian)
Art of Africa This year's African art exhibitions were meant to make us think again about the continent. But if admiring art was enough to change the world, Africa would have got justice long ago, says Jonathan Jones. He decided to go in search of the art that doesn't get into galleries but which has real function in the lives of ordinary Africans.
Sothebys New York Report 11 Nov 05 part2 by Paul De Lucco a response to Sotheby's part1 by Lee Rubinstein from the December newsletter.
All African-Americans Thousands preview African museum Moad in SF
Chicago ceramics Storage Container, early/mid-20th century. Nuna; Burkina Faso. Collection of Keith Achepohl. CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) -- There's a special exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago, but don't look for the bright hues of the French impressionism for which the museum is famous; the colors of these works are the muted earth tones of African mud and clay. read Chicago ceramics

Thanks,

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Occultism in Africa governance

Well it seems a strange practice, won't help solve the coruption problems .
Occultism in Africa governance: "Africa governance
For several centuries, African leaders have always had recourse to occult manipulations by which they blindfolded their followers."

Stolen-art

Stolen-art: "STOLEN ART

This Luba stool was bought by Lavuun Quackelbeen to Diou Jean Pierre, La Garde-Freinet, France, who never send the piece, and refuse to give back the money. A lawyer has been requested to attack Mr Diou in justice, and this piece may not be sold someone else .

Dan-Toma mask.
Height: 32 cm
Stolen at the GALERIE ALAIN BOVIS in Paris on 11 January 2006 ."

computer dump

computer dump: "Computer dump: An E-Cycling Nightmare for Africa
In a dump outside the Alaba Market in Lagos, Nigeria, children scavenge for anything of value amid mounds of smoldering computer monitors and broken television sets. People here complain of fumes, but most remain unaware of the extreme health hazards caused by burning carcinogens and toxins in discarded electronic equipment."

african art in the news, and a trophy skull

Wednesday, 14 December 2005, at 4:13 p.m.
David Norden www.african-antiques.com www.buyafricanantiques.com African Art Antiques and Discussion Group.

dear $email,

Well, I hope this email will reach those of you who are not yet spending all the money they have for under the tree.

This month, we see that African art dealers are looking for new challenges to find clients.
At Lineart in Gent, African art dealers where exhibiting among contemporary art. This is probably due to the fact that the old generation that likes antiques is not so active as before, and that the “moving money" is in the more contemporary art field. We all wish them good luck.
At Lineart you could have seen also the pictures from Jean-Dominique Burton and the presentation of his book : “Naabas” Chefs Traditionnels du Burkina Faso ". http://www.buyafricanantiques.com/naabas-burkina-faso.htm For those interested in photography, I have a special offer only for the readers of this newsletter: A limited edition of 100 books with an original real picture of the cover image included for only €150. Send me a private mail if you need the subscription information and more details.

Also, I have a very special piece this month that I want to show: An impressive Senufo statue, provenance Helmut Gersheim. Senufo seated female figure, registered at Yale under number: 0062129~01 http://www.buyafricanantiques.com/senufo-gernsheim.htm
And a family trophy skull at http://www.buyafricanantiques.com/outside_africa.htm

David Norden

Protected African art can simply be bought in Antwerp.
A journalist discovered three Nok statues on my www.buyafricanantiques.com website, that's how I ended on the cover of De Morgen with a Nok exhibited in the Louvre (that I never sold) and on the television the next day
read: http://users.telenet.be/african-shop/de_morgen.htm

American Indian baskets in Denver
Joyce Herold of the Denver Museum of Nature & Science holds a basket whose design incorporates the Jicarilla Apache origin myth. For ceremonial reasons, the base and rim - the start and finish - had to be created in full sunlight and done in a single day. read: http://users.telenet.be/african-shop/american_indian_basket.htm

Home Is Where the Art Is (and the bookstores too) - Sugar Hill - brownstone collaboration. http://users.telenet.be/african-shop/art_bookstore.htm

Africa in broad sweeps and bold brushstrokes in New York Bakassi. Chelsea. Ecomog. Dark Sailor. Mac Lord. Nixson. King Solomon. Poncho Picolo. Top Squad. What sounds like an international hip-hop roll call is a list of brand-name liquors found in Nsukka, a city in Nigeria.... http://users.telenet.be/african-shop/africa-bold-new-york.htm

Personal objects and textiles from South Africa Xhosa, Mfengu woman's headscarf, South Africa (Detail) Axis gallery MFENGU http://www.axisgallery.com/ November 8 - December 22, 2005

The power of female creativity courses through a small show of South African garments at the Axis Gallery in Manhattan. All but one piece was made by and for women of the Mfengu cultural group. Of several monochromatic skirts, some are white or beige-gray, and one is dyed a dusky ochre, a color associated with the earth, fertility and menstrual blood. In every case, the surfaces are ornamented with lines of beadwork, as fine and taut as compass needles. The minimalist painter Agnes Martin would have adored the elegant probity of this work and its message of strength in restraint.
Holland Cotter, Visions of a Continent That Is Rich With Life , The New York Times, November 25, 2005MFENGU November 8 - December 22, 2005

Sothebys SALE: November Report by Lee Rubinstein, a member of our discussion group, did an interesting auction analysis ... It can be interesting -- and both illuminating and strange at once -- to look at the relative valuation of productions originating from specific cultural traditions as evidenced in what is offered, what sells and what is deemed worthy of presentation and purchase. Be that as it may, Sotheby's catalogues - read the Sotheby's report http://users.telenet.be/african-shop/sothebys_new_york_11nov05.htm

Akan gold Spectacular Collection of Golden Regalia From Ghana West African Gold: Akan Regalia from the Glassell Collection showcases the extraordinary craftsmanship of goldsmiths and weavers of Ghana, and presents many works by Asante artists. On view through March 26, 2006 in the Loring Gallery at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) http://users.telenet.be/african-shop/akan_gold.htm

Gallery sees cultural diversity as its masterwork ESCONDIDO – In the beginning of time, according to the Yoruba, one of sub-Saharan Africa's most prolific art-producing cultures, gods who lived in the sky would sometimes descend to the earth on spider webs... http://users.telenet.be/african-shop/gallery_masterworks.htm

Africa speaks! Ubangi Explorer Paul Hoefler leads a safari into central Africa and what was called the Belgian Congo in 1930, into the regions inhabited by the Wassara and the famous Ubangi tribes. If you have a little time see this 1930 film !
http://users.telenet.be/african-shop/africa_speaks_ubangi.htm

Bargain collection pieces. I did a cleanup in my attick and decided to offer you some items for 500 bucks ! http://www.buyafricanantiques.com/500_bucks.htm

For those of you speaking French

Le mythe de la Coca-colonisation « Lorsqu’un vieillard meurt en Afrique, c’est une bibliothèque entière qui brûle... ». En apparence empreinte d’une profonde sagesse, cette sentence de l’écrivain malien Amadou Hampaté Bâ, s’avère, à l’analyse, outrancièrement catastrophiste... http://users.telenet.be/african-shop/coca-colonisation.htm Ce texte n'a pas fort été apprecié par les membres du groupe de discussion
http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/group/AntiquesAfricaines/

Seymour Lazar La passion d'un collectionneur Ancien avocat devenu millionnaire, Seymour Lazar vit dans le désert de la côte ouest des Etats-Unis. Là, depuis plus de quarante ans, il accumule des trésors. Pour «Le Figaro Magazine», il ouvre ses portes sur l'une des plus belles collections privées d'art primitif. lisez: http://users.telenet.be/african-shop/seymour_lazar.htm
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outside Africa

tribal art fair Amsterdam

I am leaving tomorrow for amsterdam, I hope it will be successfull
I am taking some very nice unseen pieces, like a rare Mangbetu Medge tribe piece, a Fang statue, a Kota, and an impressive Tschokwe mask
tribal art fair Amsterdam


Note: IN 2006 Tribal Art Fair Amsterdam 26,27,28,29 October 2006

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