Folk, Tribal and Traditional Arts Online* Auction: Friday, September 9, 2016, 10AM EST Exhibition: September 7-8, 11AM-5PM *Also accepting Phone and Absentee Bids Browse the Auction Catalog and Bid Live on these Portals: Absentee Bid Form | Telephone Bid Form | Terms and Conditions (PDF)
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August Estates: Art, Antiques, Asian and Decorative Arts, Oriental Rugs Online* Auction: Friday, August 19, 2016, 10AM EST Exhibition: August 17-18, 11AM-5PM *Also accepting Phone and Absentee Bids Browse the Auction Catalog and Bid Live on these Portals: Absentee Bid Form | Telephone Bid Form | Terms and Conditions (PDF)
Many people ask me for my personal favorites. While that’s like asking me to choose my favorite child, here are a few: Spring Prosciutto & Fig Salad: thin-sliced prosciutto, Turkish figs, goat cheese, shaved fennel, baby arugula, Honey-Citrus Vinaigrette Dates in Blankets: Medjool dates stuffed w/almonds & cheddar in cheddar-curry pastry Roast Heirloom Carrots with Tomato Kasundi Chutney Moroccan B’Stilla of Grain-Fed Chicken with Almond-Cinnamon Topping Homemade Ricotta, Sun-Dried Fruit & Dark Chocolate Cannoli Summer Green Gazpacho with Grapes, Almonds & Cucumber Sea Scallop Ceviche with Pineapple, Mango, Avocado and Passion Fruit with Popcorn Hazelnut-Crusted Zucchini Blossoms: burrata & basil Moroccan Ras el Hanout-Spiced Slow-Roasted Lamb Shoulder with Preserved Lemon Local Strawberry Shortcakes with Buttermilk Biscuits & Greek Yogurt-Vanilla Cream (June) Fall African Yam & Peanut Soup Shooters: toasted peanuts, diced tomato & cilantro garnish Chive Scones with Scottish Smoked Salmon & Dill Crème Fraiche Turmeric Roasted Cauliflower: Tahini Sauce & Pomegranate Molasses Roast Jail Island Salmon, Braised French Green Lentils, Lemon-Saffron Aioli & Crispy Leeks Warm English Sticky Toffee Pudding with Bourbon Caramel Sauce Winter Roasted Brussels Sprouts with North Country Bacon, Shallots & Balsamic Syrup Moroccan Lamb Cigari in Fillo Pastry with Ras al Hanout Spice [...]
Lecture and Reception: “Human Trafficking: Modern Day Slavery” Matt Friedman, CEO, The Mekong Club Thursday, August 18, 7pm Free, Open to the Public, Refreshments Every five seconds, another person enters slavery somewhere in the world. It is estimated that there are over 45 million people in slavery today — more than any other time in history. One minute it might be a fifteen year old girl forced into prostitution, or a young boy forced onto a fishing boat to work 18 hours a day for years without coming to port. To make sense of this crime against humanity, Matt Friedman will offer a compressive update on the State-of-the-Art of human slavery. Friedman’s talk will explore the changing human trafficking paradigm; the relationship between human trafficking and slavery; global trends and patterns; new, emerging responses; evolving funding trends; what is working/not working; the role of the private sector; and what is really needed to win the fight. The presentation will offer a glimpse behind the curtain of this terrible human rights abuse — one that is much closer to home than we might expect. Presenter Matt Friedman Matt Friedman is an international human trafficking expert with more than 25 years of experience as a [...]
PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release Just In Time For DNC, Visions of Obama by African Artists By Ellen Adair PHILADELPHIA, PA., July 20, 2016: In time for Philadelphia hosting the Democratic National Convention, Material Culture is presenting an exhibition titled “Dreams of My Brother: Visions of Obama by Folk and Popular African Artists.” In the tumult of this year’s presidential race, these views of our nation’s 44th President, collected by Material Culture in 2008 and 2009, serve as a reminder of our global interconnectedness, and demonstrate art’s role as a universal manifestation of humanity’s passion and hope. The exhibition, free and open to the public, will be on view at Material Culture from August 6 to November 8, 2016, from 11 AM to 5 PM. Read the Calendar/Exhibition Essay by George Jevremovic, November 4, 2009 George Jevremovic, the founder of Material Culture, relates that when he first traveled to West Africa in the 1990's in search of textiles and other artifacts, the most arresting pieces of art were in fact the ubiquitous painted signs of folk and popular artists. Dotted on roadsides, emblazoned on businesses, these painted works on canvas, board, metal or on the sides of buildings serve to [...]
Ancient, Folk, Ethnographic Art and Furnishings from the Collection of PRIMITIVE, Chicago Online* Auction: Sunday, August 7, 2016, 11AM EST Chicago Exhibition: August 5-6, 11AM-5PM *Also Accepting Phone and Absentee Bids PLEASE NOTE: All auction items are located in CHICAGO for preview and pick up at 130 N. Jefferson St., Chicago, IL 60661. Browse the Auction Catalog and Bid Live on these Portals: Absentee Bid Form | Telephone Bid Form | Terms and Conditions (PDF) On August 7, 2016, Material Culture will conduct an auction of 555 items from the collection of Chicago-based gallery and world antique store PRIMITIVE. PRIMITIVE began as a purveyor of African art, but now its immersive museum-like showrooms carry items from all over the world, ranging from the ancient to the modern. The auction brings to the international market an array of the kinds of decorative and ethnographic arts and hand-crafted furnishings for which Primitive has become well-known. Pieces from Africa form a strong spine for the sale, with exceptional showings in sculpture, textile, painting, ceramic, rugs and more. All of these categories are also represented in Asian art, with treasures from China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Burma, Vietnam, Thailand, Korea, Japan, Tibet, Nepal, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, [...]
DREAMS OF MY BROTHER: VISIONS OF OBAMA BY FOLK AND POPULAR AFRICAN ARTISTS August 6 to September 6, 2016 A Retrospective Exhibition of Works Collected in Africa in 2008-2009 Calendar/Exhibition Essay by George Jevremovic, November 4, 2009 WELCOME PROOF THAT THERE IS NO such thing as "the art world," only worlds of art, are the legions of folk and popular artists in Africa, from Ghana to Kenya, Togo to Mali, whose painted works on board, canvas, metal or wall surface —seen daily by an audience of millions — provide visual branding and identity to thousands of small businesses and enterprises: beauty salons, tailors, cinemas, grocery stores; on and on. From free-standing ma and pa's to itinerant vendors, late-night cafes to trucks for hire, herbalists to hairstylists, their commissioned works serve the common, practical purpose of advertising anywhere: to stand out and be noticed. For a first-time visitor, it can be exhilarating and shocking: global and local brands, African and non-African celebrities and international icons; all appropriated and rendered in a mosaic of popular and homegrown styles, languages and regional dialects; all competing for the attention of the passerby. Many are signed and dated or feature a studio's logo, and every [...]
ONLINE* SUMMER ESTATES AUCTION 640 Estate Lots: Fine Art, Folk Art, Asian Arts, Antique Furnishings, Americana, Decorative Arts, Ancient & Ethnographic Arts, Oriental Rugs *Also accepting Phone and Absentee Bids Auction: Sunday, July 10, 2016, 10AM EST Exhibition: July 8-9, 11AM-5PM Browse the Auction Catalog and Bid Live on these Portals: Absentee Bid Form | Telephone Bid Form | Terms and Conditions (PDF) Lot 263. Horse Figure, Western Han Dynasty (206 BCE-9 CE), Est. $5000-$10,000 Material Culture’s Summer Estates Sale enters the auction season with 638 lots that express the company’s view of the art world as borderless. Fine art encompasses painting, sculpture, prints and mixed media, along with an excellent selection of self-taught art. Chinese art is led by millenia-old Han Dynasty ceramic horse figures, and includes ceramics from across the centuries, paintings, antique furniture, and textiles. Other textiles come to the sale from around the world, from pre-Columbian textiles, to antique Central Asian pieces, to vintage West African cloths, to American quilts, and the sale offers a similarly international showing of folk and decorative art. The auction concludes with over 80 lots of antique and vintage rugs from North Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. Lot [...]
ONLINE* SUMMER ESTATES AUCTION 640 Estate Lots: Fine Art, Folk Art, Asian Arts, Antique Furnishings, Americana, Decorative Arts, Ancient & Ethnographic Arts, Oriental Rugs *Also accepting Phone and Absentee Bids Auction: Sunday, July 10, 2016, 10AM EST Exhibition: July 8-9, 11AM-5PM Browse the Auction Catalog and Bid Live on these Portals: Absentee Bid Form | Telephone Bid Form | Terms and Conditions (PDF) Material Culture’s Summer Estates Sale enters the auction season with 638 lots that express the company’s view of the art world as borderless… continue reading
