Get Free Shipping on orders over $79
Paris Primitive : Jacques Chirac's Museum on the Quai Branly - Sally Price

Paris Primitive

Jacques Chirac's Museum on the Quai Branly

By: Sally Price

Paperback | 1 October 2007 | Edition Number 1

At a Glance

Paperback


$90.99

or 4 interest-free payments of $22.75 with

 or 

Ships in 10 to 15 business days

In 1990 Jacques Chirac, the future president of France and a passionate fan of non-European art, met Jacques Kerchache, a maverick art collector with the lifelong ambition of displaying African sculpture in the holy temple of French culture, the Louvre. Together they began laying plans, and ten years later African fetishes were on view under the same roof as the Mona Lisa. Then, in 2006, amidst a maelstrom of controversy and hype, Chirac presided over the opening of a new museum dedicated to primitive art in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower: the Musee du Quai Branly.

Paris Primitive recounts the massive reconfiguration of Paris's museum world that resulted from Chirac's dream, set against a backdrop of personal and national politics, intellectual life, and the role of culture in French society. Along with exposing the machinations that led to the MQB's creation, Sally Price addresses the thorny questions it raises about the legacy of colonialism, the balance between aesthetic judgments and ethnographic context, and the role of institutions of art and culture in an increasingly diverse France. Anyone with a stake in the myriad political, cultural, and anthropological issues raised by the MQB will find Price's account fascinating.
Industry Reviews
"Sally Price has a gift for capturing the tone and spirit with which people choose to represent themselves. This is a well-told story that represents a major contribution to the field and offers an accessible introduction to some key issues in museum politics." - Christopher B. Steiner, author of African Art in Transit"

More in Archaeology

The Dawn of Everything : A New History of Humanity - David Graeber
Treasures of the Viking Age : The Galloway Hoard - Martin Goldberg
1177 B.C. : The Year Civilization Collapsed: Revised and Updated - Eric H. Cline
Urbanism and Empire in Roman Sicily - Laura Pfuntner

RRP $92.99

$87.75

Domination - Alice Roberts

Paperback

RRP $36.99

$29.75

20%
OFF
The Children of Ash and Elm : A History of the Vikings - Neil Price
Istanbul : A Tale of Three Cities - Bettany Hughes

RRP $29.99

$24.99

17%
OFF
Palestine : A Four Thousand Year History - Nur  Masalha
Fingerprints Of The Gods : The Quest Continues - Graham Hancock

RRP $52.99

$40.75

23%
OFF