Pamela Mcclusky
Biographic Data
| ID | 2106916 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Pamela Mcclusky |
| GIVEN NAMES | Pamela |
| FAMILY NAME | Mcclusky |
| SIGNATURE | MCCLUSKY P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Seattle Art Museum |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Things Fall Apart at the Seattle Art Museum
Afikpo masquerades inspired Simon Ottenberg (American, 1923-2023) throughout his long career as an anthropologist. What he observed among the Afikpo Igbo communities in southeastern Nigeria revealed a masking complex with layers of significance. His infatuation with this complex was evident in nearly every conversation I had with him, including moments at his 100th birthday gathering in Seattle. A high point in our exchanges came when we worked t…
The Unconscious Museum: Collecting Contemporary African Art without Knowing It
Art from Africa: Long Steps Never Broke a Back
This volume explores issues that remain unexposed in museum presentations of African art. It responds to questions posed by audiences who read the usual label but still want to know more. Why is the figure pounded with nails not called a fetish any more? Exactly how old is this and how do you know? When was this collected, by whom and from whom? What is happening in this part of Africa today? Who displayed this as art and why? Given that many mus…
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Art from Africa: Long Steps Never Broke a Back
This volume explores issues that remain unexposed in museum presentations of African art. It responds to questions posed by audiences who read the usual label but still want to know more. Why is the figure pounded with nails not called a fetish any more? Exactly how old is this and how do you know? When was this collected, by whom and from whom? What is happening in this part of Africa today? Who displayed this as art and why? Given that many mus…
The Unconscious Museum: Collecting Contemporary African Art without Knowing It
Things Fall Apart at the Seattle Art Museum
Afikpo masquerades inspired Simon Ottenberg (American, 1923-2023) throughout his long career as an anthropologist. What he observed among the Afikpo Igbo communities in southeastern Nigeria revealed a masking complex with layers of significance. His infatuation with this complex was evident in nearly every conversation I had with him, including moments at his 100th birthday gathering in Seattle. A high point in our exchanges came when we worked t…
Art (3 works) · African history and culture studies (2 works) · Visual arts (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Art history (1 works) · Cultural Industries and Urban Development (1 works) · Hearing Impairment and Communication (1 works) · History (1 works) · Literature (1 works) · Museums and Cultural Heritage (1 works)