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TAPA : De L'ecorce A Letoffe, Art Millienair D'Oceanie de l'Asie du Sud-Est a la Polynesie orientale = From Tree Bark to Cloth : An Ancient Art of Oceania : From Southeast Asia to Eastern Polynesia

Author :  Michel Chaleux (Ed)

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Country
France
Publisher
Somogy Editions d'Art, Paris
ISBN 9782757212097
Format HardBound
Language English
Year of Publication 2017
Bib. Info 600p. ; 24 x 30cm.; illustration. Includes Index ; Bibliography
Product Weight 3700 gms.
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L’histoire des etoffes d’ecorce battue debute voici plus de huit millenaires en Asie du Sud-Est, berceau des peuples oceaniens. Au fil des generations et des migrations successives vers l’est qui ont conduit au peuplement des iles du Pacifique, le genie des hommes a su en faire des etoffes d’une souplesse et d’une finesse extremes pour les plus raffinees. Elles ont ete teintes, parfumees, se sont couvertes de motifs en relation avec la symbolique propre au clan, a l’ethnie, a l’ile... au point d’en faire de veritables objets d’art. Associees aux rites sacres, aux echanges ceremoniels, mais aussi aux rituels qui marquent les etapes de la vie, de la naissance a la mort, profondement integrees aux relations sociales au sein des communautes, elles ont constitue le signe exterieur de la richesse ou du pouvoir de leur proprietaire, ont servi dans les echanges coutumiers... On leur donne aujourd’hui le nom polynesien generique de tapa. Des « passeurs de savoirs » animes d’une grande passion perpetuent la tradition, demontrant que le tapa n’est pas fige, qu’il vit et se renouvelle... Et c’est pour cela que ce livre s’acheve sur l’univers des artistes-createurs et d’un styliste qui s’approprient ce materiau dans des creations originales. - Michel Charleux, Directeur de l’ouvrage The history of cloth made through the beating of tree bark began some eight millennia ago in South-East Asia, the cradle of the Oceanian peoples. Over the course of generations and successive migrations eastward that led to the peopling of the Pacific islands, human ingenuity enabled the creation of a type of cloth, whose most refined examples are incredibly soft and fine. The cloths were dyed, scented, and covered with motifs related to symbols of clan, ethnicity, islands ... to the point of becoming true works of art. Associated with sacred rites, ceremonial exchanges and rituals marking the milestones of life from birth to death, and deeply integrated into the social relationships of communities, they constituted an external sign of the wealth or power of the owner and served in customary exchanges, among many other uses. Today, the generic Polynesian term tapa is used to refer to barkcloth. Passionate “knowledge brokers” perpetuate the tradition and demonstrate that tapa is not fixed in the past, but is a living form that renews itself. For that very reason, this book culminates in the universe of artists, creators and a stylist who have appropriated the material to create original pieces of art. - Michel Charleux, Editor.

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