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Magdalene Odundo : the journey of things / edited by Andrew Bonacina.

Contributor(s): Publication details: London : In Other Words, 2019.Description: 184 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781916002418
Subject(s): Summary: The book features 44 of Odundo's vessels alongside a large selection of museological and contemporary objects that reveal the wide range of global references that have informed her practice. The book object comprises a series of interleaved sections presenting an organic flow of content which pairs and juxtaposes the historic and the contemporary, featuring works by Barbara Hepworth, Henry Moore, Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, Lucie Rie, Jean Arp, as well as ancient vessels from Greece and Egypt, historic ceramics from Africa, Asia and Central America, and ritual objects from across the African continent.

Published on the occasion of the exhibition "Magdalene Odundo: The Journey of Things" held at The Hepworth Wakefield, February 16-June 2, 2019, and at Sainsbury Centre, Norwich, August 3-December 15, 2019.

The book features 44 of Odundo's vessels alongside a large selection of museological and contemporary objects that reveal the wide range of global references that have informed her practice. The book object comprises a series of interleaved sections presenting an organic flow of content which pairs and juxtaposes the historic and the contemporary, featuring works by Barbara Hepworth, Henry Moore, Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, Lucie Rie, Jean Arp, as well as ancient vessels from Greece and Egypt, historic ceramics from Africa, Asia and Central America, and ritual objects from across the African continent.