id:			308829
accession number:	2018.4
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.4
updated:		2025-10-07 11:18:22.524000

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': '<em>AfroPunk</em>. Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, Belgium. (September 7-October 28, 2017)', 'opening_date': '2017-09-07T04:00:00Z'}

* {'description': '<em>Kendell Geers, 1988-2012</em>. Haus der Kunst, Munich, DE (February 1-May 12, 2013)', 'opening_date': '2013-02-01T05:00:00Z'}

* {'description': '<em>The Marriage of Heaven and Hell,</em> 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': '<em>Fin de Partie</em>. 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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CITATIONS

	Geers, Kendell and Jerome Sans. “Kendell Geers: A TerroRealist in the house of Love.” In <em>Looking both ways: Art of the contemporary African diaspora.</em> (New York: Museum for African Art; Gent: Snoeck, 2003), 84-97, 179.
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	<em>Kendell Geers: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell,</em> 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. <em>Kendell Geers 1988-2012</em>, 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. <em>AniMystikAKtivist: </em>Between Traditional and the Contemporary in African Art. Brussels: Mercatorfonds, 2018.
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	Nzewi, Ugochukwu-Smooth C. "Contemporary African Art." <em>Cleveland Art </em>(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

	Ugochukwu-Smooth, C. Nzewi. “Contemporary African Art: Two new works add a twist to canonical forms.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine </em>58, no. 5 (September/October 2018): 8-9.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 9; Mentioned: P. 8, 9
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2018-05/page/n3/mode/2up

	Nzewi, Ugochukwu-Smooth C. <em>Second Careers : Two Tributaries in African Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2019
	page number: 	Mentioned:  p. 20; reproduced:  p. 21, fig. 7.
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