A museum we have never been to before which is quite new and built as a legacy to Jacques Chirac. It attempts to fill a void in the world of grand museums and concentrates on cultures of the non western world. Amazing artifacts with a distinct bias towards representations of the human form with a further emphasis towards genetalia and breasts. You enter the museum up a long spiral ramp that flows like a river with constantly moving words from the various cultures. As an art installation it certainly beats a lot of the works in the
Centre Georges Pompidou!
Margaret standing amongst constant moving flow of vocabulary.
Of the hundreds of figures these 3 metre tall carving are some of the less scary or macabre.
A few offerings from Oceania (Polynesia).
In addition to the permanent collection there are temporary exhibitions. A current one is 'Persona', various items from around the world illustrate how throughout time, different cultures have incorporated humanity into inanimate objects. Astounding!
A recent artifact, a 3D projection of a 'Pleasure Machine'.
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