id: 308829
accession number: 2018.4
share license status: Copyrighted
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.4
updated: 2025-05-06 12:06:32.076000
Twilight of the Idols (Fetish) 3, 2005. Kendell Geers (South African, b. 1968). Wood, plastic tape (polyethylene, polypropylene, nylon, or vinyl), and iron; overall: 140 x 43 x 39 cm (55 1/8 x 16 15/16 x 15 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchased with funds donated by Scott Mueller 2018.4 © Kendell Geers
title: Twilight of the Idols (Fetish) 3
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creation date: 2005
creation date earliest: 2005
creation date latest: 2005
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creditline: Purchased with funds donated by Scott Mueller
copyright: © Kendell Geers
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culture: South Africa
technique: Wood, plastic tape (polyethylene, polypropylene, nylon, or vinyl), and iron
department: African Art
collection: African Art
type: Sculpture
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CREATORS
* Kendell Geers (South African, b. 1968) - artist
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measurements: Overall: 140 x 43 x 39 cm (55 1/8 x 16 15/16 x 15 3/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'AfroPunk. Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, Belgium. (September 7-October 28, 2017)', 'opening_date': '2017-09-07T04:00:00Z'}
* {'description': 'Kendell Geers, 1988-2012. Haus der Kunst, Munich, DE (February 1-May 12, 2013)', 'opening_date': '2013-02-01T05:00:00Z'}
* {'description': 'The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, Blandy-les-Tours Castle, in collaboration with Galleria Continua, Blandy-les-Tours, France (June 30-July 10, 2012)', 'opening_date': '2012-06-30T04:00:00Z'}
* {'description': 'Fin de Partie. Galleria Continua, Beijing, China (March 19-August 27, 2011)', 'opening_date': '2011-03-19T04:00:00Z'}
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PROVENANCE
(Studio Kendell Geers, Brussels, Belgium, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
date: 2018
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 2018-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Geers, Kendell and Jerome Sans. “Kendell Geers: A TerroRealist in the house of Love.” In Looking both ways: Art of the contemporary African diaspora. (New York: Museum for African Art; Gent: Snoeck, 2003), 84-97, 179.
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Kendell Geers: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, 34 and 37. Exh. Cat. Blandy-les-Tours: Galleria Continua, June 30-July 10, 2012.
page number: p. 34, 37
url: http://kendellgeers.com/dbfiles/news/5booklet_final_version.pdf
Kellner, Clive, et al. Kendell Geers 1988-2012, 159. Exh. Cat. Munich; London; New York: Prestel, February 1-May 12, 2013.
page number: p. 159
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Geers, Kendell, Jens Hoffman, and Z. S. Strother. AniMystikAKtivist: Between Traditional and the Contemporary in African Art. Brussels: Mercatorfonds, 2018.
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Nzewi, Ugochukwu-Smooth C. "Contemporary African Art." Cleveland Art (September/October 2018): 8-9.
page number: Reproduced and Mentioned: P. 8.
url: https://www.clevelandart.org/print/magazine/cleveland-art-septemberoctober-2018/contemporary-african-art
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. 7.
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