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[VISUAL ARTS EXHIBITION]
Desert Jewels: North African Jewelry and Photography from the Xaviar Guerrand-Hermès Collection
General
Who: Museum of the African Diaspora
What: Opening Reception and Exhibition
When: Friday, October 5, 2012
Patrons 5:30pm | Members 6:30pm | Public 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Where: Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco, CA
Press
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Description:
The Museum of the African Diaspora presents Desert
Jewels. This North African collection of jewelry and
photography assembled by Xavier Guerrand-Hermès over several decades provides
insight into the region's changing societies. North African arts include
variations of delicate pottery, beautifully embroidered and woven textiles,
elegant woodwork, leatherwork and metalwork, and intricate silver and gold jewelry.
The exhibition includes compelling images showing daily life in the late 19th
and early 20th centuries, and a wide range of jewelry illustrating the
diversity and enduring beauty of North Africa's artistic traditions. On view
from October 5, 2012 through January 23, 2013.
Credit - Desert Jewels:
North African Jewelry and Photography from the Xaviar Guerrand-Hermès
Collection has been organized by the Museum for African Art, New York.
Click for image - Hand pendant (khamsa). Morocco. 19th or 20th century. Silver, copper
About MoAD
The Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) showcases the history, art and the cultural richness that resulted from the dispersal of Africans throughout the world with innovative and engaging exhibitions, education and public programs. Incorporated in 2002 as a 501(c) (3) nonprofit, MoAD opened its doors in 2005 in space contiguous with the St. Regis Hotel and Residences and in the historic Williams Building at 685 Mission Street at Third. MoAD was conceived as a cornerstone of the revitalization of downtown San Francisco, and has become an anchor with its neighbors, the San Francisco MoMA, the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Zeum, and the Contemporary Jewish Museum, in making this dynamic cultural corridor a premier destination.
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