Ibeji. Divins jumeaux. Amérique centrale et du sud Des jardins & des livres

Des jardins & des livres aims to illustrate in a scholarly and elegant manner the centuries-old dialogue between the art of gardens and the book

which led him to tirelessly question his work

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temps des héros de côté là

From 1971 to 1992 (the date of the painter's death)

Ibeji. Divins jumeaux. Amérique centrale et du sud Des jardins & des livresAccording to a Yoruba legend, the monkeys, whose knowledge of the secrets of nature surpasses that of men, sent them the ibeji, united and inseparable twins. Endowed with sacred status, they are the object of a cult based on statuettes, the ere ibeji, commissioned by families from master sculptors. The eighty works from Benin and Nigeria presented in this book reflect the incredible stylistic diversity and beauty of these silent witnesses to a