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| Sphinx along the route, Paris, June 2012 |
Late June in Paris--just a quick trip but long enough to experience the magic of the
Les Maîtres du Désordre exhibition at Le Musée du quai Branly and see the permanent collection on display in an intriguing and at times disorientingly dark space dotted with pools of theatrical lighting. Earlier in the same day I also had the thrill of seeing the extensive Artemesia Gentileschi painting exhibition on view at the Maillol Museum. It was an outstanding journey with nary a trace of the mysterious "museum fatigue" that often accompanies a day of too much beauty and wonder.
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| Bolivian festival costume, the archangel Michael |
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| wild men festival costumes, maîtres du désordre exhibition |
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| wild man of the woods, maîtres du désordre exhibition |
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| installation, maîtres du désordre exhibition |
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| Afghan hunting regalia, permanent collection |
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| Swiss mask in carved wood, maîtres du désordre exhibition |
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| Oceanic art, permanent collection |
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| view from the Pre-Columbian galleries |
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| slit drums from Oceania |
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| Australian indigenous paintings | | |
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| Chinese shadow puppet, a bat-like dragon |
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| Pre-Columbian miniature figure in gold sheet, Peru |
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| sculpture from the permanent collection of oceanic arts |
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view from the museum's extensive gardens
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| a section of the Musée du quai Branly green wall | |
