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"measurements": "height: 132 cm (51 15/16 in.)",
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"copyright": "\u00a9 Pascale Marthine Tayou Studio, RICHARD TAITTINGER GALLERY, New York, and GALLERIA CONTINUA, San Gimignano / Beijing / Les Moulins / Habana",
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"title": "African art rotation",
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"opening_date": "2019-02-20T05:00:00"
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"description": "Art Africa Fair, Cape Town, ZA (2018)",
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"description": "Sunrise Surprise, workshops of Pascale Marthine Tayou, Ghent, BE (2016)",
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"description": "The ethereal Sauveteur 3 draws its form from canonical power figures of central Africa, notably Kongo nkisi nkondo. Embellished with a range of found materials around the upper torso, the sculpture combines visual strategies in African art, traditional practices by African ritual specialists to activate power objects, and contextual references to everyday experiences to make shrewd commentary on present-day society.",
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"citation": "Nzewi, Ugochukwu-Smooth C. Second Careers: Two Tributaries in African Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2019",
"page_number": "Mentioned: p. 20; reproduced: p. 21, fig. 8, p. 24, fig. 12 (left foreground).",
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"citation": "Nzewi, Ugochukwu-Smooth. \u201cAcquisitions 2018: African Art.\u201d Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 59, no. 2 (March/April 2019): 8-9.",
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