Arts and society in the
Marquesas Islands
musée du quai Branly
Through 300 works, the
exhibition MATAHOTA, Arts and Society in the Marquesas Islands presentes, for
the first time in twenty years, the wealth of arts of the Marquesas Islands,
from the late 18th century to today, demonstrating the strength of a culture
that has survived the ages and conquered history.
From Paul Gauguin to Jacques
Brel, from Roberts Louis Stevenson to Herman Melville, the Marquesas Islands
have fascinated the greatest artists. The exhibition MATAHOATA, Arts and
Society in the Marquesas Islands pays tribute to these writers, painters,
musician, etc. From the 19th century onwards, many Western artists have
ventured into that distant area, attracted by the traditional culture of the
Polynesian archipelago. A sophisticated and complex aesthetic is the feature of
the Marquesas Islands arts, marked by the predominance of the human figure
- mata in the Marquesan language - and
in particular, the very large eyes that decorate sculptures and tattoos.
Explore the exhibition through
:
The archipelago according to
Marquesans (the daily life, clothes, food and ritual beverage, art of
fishing...)
The rituals and religious
ceremonies (the religious site, « meàe », with the anthropomorphic statues ,«
tiki »)
The festivals and public ceremonies
(dances, singings and banquets in the « tohua »)
The change after the contact
with the Occident (new materials, the rebirth of the marquesan culture)
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