tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611115554110561799.post5651800625418738925..comments2023-09-09T16:21:35.660+01:00Comments on Barbara von Enger, artist, painter, icon : Kongo, Power and majesty at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYCBarbara von Engerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10349156453440077071noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611115554110561799.post-62737169720352228872015-09-28T18:44:25.493+01:002015-09-28T18:44:25.493+01:00Would totally love to see this if I were in New Yo...Would totally love to see this if I were in New York!Oh to Be a Musehttp://www.ohtobeamuse.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611115554110561799.post-20801562944411396382015-09-23T22:33:34.271+01:002015-09-23T22:33:34.271+01:00I love this. Before tourism struck Africa, places ...I love this. Before tourism struck Africa, places like Kenya and Tanzania, craftsmen would make extraordinary carvings. They were the real stuff of imagination. Twisted contorted works of magic. Then suddenly they stopped making these and made carvings of animals - they too are beautiful because they are made for tourists - they lost the soul. But people have to eat and have children to feed. <br /><br />I have one such original carving at home. He has a strange tale - I shall blog about him soon. Just for Barbara Matthews von Enger.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00793498837212441669noreply@blogger.com