Ibeji. Divins jumeaux. Amérique centrale et du sud Virgil and the premature deaths

Virgil and the premature deaths of Franz CUMONT

undulating forms marked by millennia of tradition

From 1971 to 1992 (the date of the painter's death)

which led him to tirelessly question his work

temps des héros de côté là

Ibeji. Divins jumeaux. Amérique centrale et du sud Virgil and the premature deathsAccording to a Yoruba legend, the monkeys, whose knowledge of the secrets of nature surpasses that of men, sent them the ibeji, united and inseparable twins. Endowed with sacred status, they are the object of a cult based on statuettes, the ere ibeji, commissioned by families from master sculptors. The eighty works from Benin and Nigeria presented in this book reflect the incredible stylistic diversity and beauty of these silent witnesses to a