National Museum of African Art Showcases Its "Treasures" From: Washington Informer | Date: December 8, 2004| Author: | . Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

Brown, Misty
Washington Informer
12-08-2004
Seventy-three exceptional masks and statuaries are on view in "Treasures"
to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the National Museum of African Art.
The exhibit, which opened on November 17th, will run until August 15, 2005.

"I chose the familiar - traditional sculpture - to reveal aesthetic
variances, to see African art as form, not function. `Treasures,'
therefore, is about visual exploration and aesthetic discovery," says
Sharon F. Patton, museum director and exhibition curator.

When one walks into the renovated three rooms, the rich jeweled colors and
...

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