Spirited Things Sacred of the Black Atlantic

TRAVELING EXHIBITION SERVICE 5

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EXHIBITION SPECIFICATIONS

Number of Works 270 artifacts

Organized by J. Lorand Matory and the Fleming , University of

Curator J. Lorand Matory, PhD, Professor of Cultural , Duke University

Requirements 2 3 4 High security; approximate size 2000 square feet

FRONT detail of Monstrance in Case, brass, glass, Courtesy of Fleming Museum of 1 Willy Zapata, Spirited Things: Sacred Arts of the Black Atlantic explores Shipping Cuban Santería, installation shot, Courtesy of Fleming the transformation of religious objects that emerged from IA&A makes all arrangements; Museum of Art 2 Monstrance in Case, brass, glass, exhibitors pay outgoing shipping Courtesy of Fleming Museum of Art 3 Janus-faced Votary the displacement and turmoil of the transatlantic slave trade. Sculpture of Eshu, wood, Courtesy of Fleming Museum of costs within the contiguous US Art. 4 Shoulder-Borne Sculptures of the Yoruba God Audiences have the opportunity to experience some of Eshu, wood, Courtesy of Fleming Museum of Art 5 Paket Booking Period Kongo for Ogou, beads, glass, ribbon, feathers, Courtesy the most spectacular sacred artwork including beautifully 12 weeks of Fleming Museum of Art 6 Felipe VillamilCalabash (Güiro) of Elegguá, glass, cloth, cowry, Courtesy of installed ritual altars from the Afro-Atlantic religious Fleming Museum of Art. Tour traditions of Caribbean Spiritism, Haitian Vodou, Brazilian September 2020 – September 2023 Candomblé, West African Yoruba Esin Ibile, and Cuban International Arts & Artists Publication Santería (or Ocha). Through its sensitive display of these 9 Hillyer Court, NW Catalogue forthcoming supercharged objects, Spirited Things reveals the vivid Washington, DC 20008 Educational Materials 202.338.0680 power and turbulence of African religious and cultural history In development www.artsandartists.org while celebrating these remarkable artistic traditions.