Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology
"A Verry Drunk Hunters Dream": Modernist Expression in Africa
Late 20th-century art from Ghana and Nigeria is presented alongside related traditional objects.
"A Verry Drunk Hunters Dream": Modernist Expression in Africa
Late 20th-century art from Ghana and Nigeria is presented alongside related traditional objects.
“A Verry Drunk Hunters Dream”: Modernist Expression in Africa presents late 20th-century art from Ghana and Nigeria alongside related traditional objects. The exhibition celebrates a generation of African artists who embraced a new medium of expression, mapping an engaging visual vocabulary cognizant of their cultural and historical pasts.
The Haffenreffer Museum's on-campus Manning Hall Gallery is open to the public Thursdays - Sundays 10:00am - 4:00pm and other hours by appointment.
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If you would like to visit the exhibition outside of scheduled open hours, please contact us.
“ The exhibition was developed from a RISD class, Curating the Modern in the Spring of 2022, and represents a part of an on-going collaboration between the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology and the Rhode Island School of Design focusing on the new and evolving field of object-based teaching and research. ”
Visit Details for the Manning Hall Gallery and Collection Research Center.