Ancestors of the Lake: Art from Lake Sentani and Humboldt Bay, New Guinea Menil Publications in his words

in his words

and together with his wife Caroline Huber—also a curator and artist who became codirector of Houston’s DiverseWorks—assembled an adventurous and diverse art collection

Johns’s art

it also delves into Horn’s unique approach to mark-making and her process of cutting up and reassembling words and images

Ancestors of the Lake: Art from Lake Sentani and Humboldt Bay, New Guinea Menil Publications in his wordsAncestors of the Lake examines the distinctive art of the Lake Sentani and Humboldt Bay regions on the island of New Guinea, including their highly stylized wood sculptures and barkcloths painted with abstract designs (maro). Gathering together many important pieces for the first time, this volume includes examples from the landmark collections assembled in the 1920s by the French writer and art dealer Jacques Viot and Swiss explorer, anthropologist,