Eloge Du Corps : Arts D'afrique, D'océanie Et D'amérique : Collection Josette Et Jean-Claude Weill

If the history of the Josette and Jean-Claude Weill collection begins with painting, their passionate quest for new forms quickly led them to embrace the infinite diversity of primitive arts. Matured, over the decades, under the enthusiastic gaze of their son Jean-Pierre, their collection now includes more than 120 works of the highest order, from the arts of Africa, Oceania and America. This book lifts the veil on the treasures of a collection which, for a long time confidential, captivates by its powerful coherence. A major theme of the primitive arts, the human body is reinvented from one work to the next, declining the palette of emotions that their sculptors have infused into it. The Weills' affirmed taste for the expressiveness of forms and the beauty of materials offers a unique vision of these arts, with an undeniably universal scope.