We will exhibit a great collection of Chocó sacred sticks,
some rare Eskimo ivories
and our recent African "discoveries"!

Wednesday, 16 January 2013 - Sunday, 20 January 2013

 

 

 

 

 

OPENING ON THURSDAY DECEMBER 6th AT 18:00
On this occasion, you are invited to discover remarkable Sculptures from the Benue area, Himalayan Masks, ethnographical Oceanic objects...

 

Opening on Tuesday, September, 11th at 3PM

An ethnocentric word, an allusion to Modern Art... as we will propose to Art lovers to return to the shoks inspired by the aesthetical discovery of Tribal Art in the early 20th century.
Our selection of about thirty African ritual and ancient Art build up a great testimony of the freedom of shape, dismantling of perspective, blow-out of representation _ particularly the one of the Human Body_, shake-up of rythm, simplification of patterns; for African Art also has the capacity to push back the three-D limits.

 

Opening on Thursday, September, 13th at 6PM

A theme in the form of a manifesto: let’s look at Tribal Art with new eyes!
This exhibition of about twenty masks will throw Art Lovers into a wild and unusual world, the one of the Art materials, the Expressionnist Art, the Art of distorting and excessiveness, leading us directly to what is fundamental.

 

 

 

From March 24th 2012, we are exhibiting a selection of Masks coming from American Collections and belonging to the first works of Himalayan Tribal Art arrived in Western Countries; some of them have never been published or exhibited... A new opportunity, after our successful show in November 2010, to taste the aesthetics freedom of the Art of the Himalayas!

Wednesday, 18 January 2012 - Sunday, 22 January 2012

Thursday, 17 November 2011 - Saturday, 17 December 2011

Tuesday, 6 September 2011 - Sunday, 11 September 2011
Elegance of execution, fineness of details, smoothness and sensuality of patinas, subtlety of expressions… as many evocative expressions of refinement in tribal sculpture.
Looking for the origins of refinement, we built our exhibition around 5 major themes that we chose to illustrate with about forty ancient works, designed by talented sculptors, from Africa, Asia and Oceania.

Opening on Wenesday June 8th from 15:00 to 21:00

CHINA, Tribal Art
Opening on Thursday May 26th, from 17:00 to 23:00

Friday, 8 April 2011 - Saturday, 14 May 2011
Opening on Thursday, April 7th, 18:00

Saturday, 5 March 2011 - Saturday, 26 March 2011

Wednesday, 19 January 2011 - Sunday, 23 January 2011

Friday, 19 November 2010 - Saturday, 18 December 2010

Thursday, 9 September 2010 - Sunday, 12 September 2010

Friday, 28 May 2010 - Sunday, 30 May 2010

In this exhibition, the Alain Bovis gallery presents around forty works of art made out of wood, ivory, terracotta or metal originating mainly from African, but also Indonesian and Eskimo cultures. Some of them represent or evoke women, exalting their fertility or beauty; other objects, such as jewels, adorn women's bodies; lastly, some works of art, were made by women.

The head, considered the seat of major powers, has always been at the heart of numerous rituals throughout the world.
Within the framework of this exhibition, the gallery presents around forty pieces which display via a single theme an extreme diversity of expressions and styles, across ages, continents and cultures.

In the context of Parcours des Mondes, the gallery presents sets of objects from well-known old collections (Roger Bédiat for the Ivory Coast, Francis Mazière for Oceania…) or specific countries: Gabon, Nepal, Indonesia, etc.

The Alain Bovis gallery participated in this exhibition dedicated to the explorer Louis Gustave BINGER, which was organized from May to September 2009 by the Musée d'art et d'histoire Louis Senlecq in L'Isle-Adam (Parisian suburb).

From the power of big nail fetishes which are both scary and fascinating, to the sensuality of ivories magnified by use, the art of the ancient Congo is multifaceted and truly unique.
Parcours des Mondes 2008

Alain Bovis coordinated the African art section of this exhibition, organized by the city of Montelimar from June to September 2008.

The Ivory Coast holds a very important place in the world of art.
Its sculptors, noted for their technical expertise and their aesthetic sense, have created a large variety of major styles.
Many of their most accomplished works are counted among the icons of African art.
Parcours des Mondes 2007

Spirits from the bush or the forest, totemic animals, symbolic links between men and animals, lead to multiple representations. Masks, statues and ceremonial objects convey complete or partial representations, which often are entanglements of several animals or anthropo-zoomorphic combinations, and always give rise to new imaginary figures.

A passionate aesthete with an unerring eye, Jacques Kerchache was both a spokesperson for tribal art and one of its leading specialists.
In June 2006, which is an exceptional month for the world of tribal art with the opening of the quai Branly Museum, the Alain Bovis gallery (Paris) and the Arte y Ritual gallery (Madrid) pay a "Tribute to Jacques Kerchache" in Paris, showing some twenty masterpieces from his private collection.

Within the context of the second part of the exhibition devoted to Jacques Kerchache's private collection, the Alain Bovis gallery and the Arte y Ritual gallery present in Paris an important selection of objects from Nigeria, for which Jacques Kerchache, in his passionate search for plastic perfection and inventiveness, had a predilection.
Parcours des Mondes 2006

The Bambara, the Dogon and the Senoufo belong to a large cultural entity which originates from ancient Mali.
This great artistic culture, probably handed down and developed by the blacksmiths and sculptors caste, was to become one of the most ancient and outstanding heritages of African art.

Since 2003, the gallery takes part to Parcours des Mondes.