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Exploring the masks of an African culture that were one of Picasso's primary influences.
Autorenporträt
Alain-Michel Boyer, an anthropologist and art historian, is a university agrégé and holds a diploma from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques. He is a former Fulbright Scholar and has two doctorates (Sorbonne). Alain-Michel Boyer has taught in several American universities. He is a former member of the Conseil National des Universités in Paris and is now a professor emeritus of African art. He lived in a village in the Ivory Coast for two years and often returns to the country for long periods. He has also made many trips to Mali, Liberia, Ghana, Zimbabwe, etc. for research purposes. He is the author of some twenty books, including Comment regarder les arts d'Afrique (Hazan, 2017), Baule (5 Continents Editions, 2008), Le Corps africain (Hazan, 2006). He has published the only books on the masks and statuettes of two peoples until then neglected by art historians: Les Yohouré de Côte d Ivoire: Faire danser les dieux (Ides et Calendes, 2017) and Les Figurines kulango: Les esprits mystérieux de la brousse de la collection Pierluigi Peroni (5 Continents Editions, 2017).