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Willem de Rooij

Pierre Verger in Suriname


  • Walther & Franz Koenig Verlag
  • by Text: Karin Amatmoekrim, Ayrson Heraclito, Philippe Pirotte, Glorai Wekker
Photographer, ethnologist, and babalawo Pierre Fátúmbí Verger (1902-1996) studied the traffic and relationships between the cultures of the African Diaspora and those of West Africa. In 1948 Verger made 257 images during an eight-day trip through Suriname. Willem de Rooij's installation Pierre Verger in Suriname, which was produced by Portikus in Frankfurt am Main and premiered there in November 2020, connects the spectator and these images by means of a viewing device.

ISBN 9783960989158 | E | PB
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Publisher Walther & Franz Koenig Verlag
ISBN 9783960989158
Author(s) Text: Karin Amatmoekrim, Ayrson Heraclito, Philippe Pirotte, Glorai Wekker
Publication date November 2020
Edition Paperback
Dimensions 285 x 220 mm
Illustrations 257 bw.ill.
Pages 312
Language(s) Eng. ed.
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Photographer, ethnologist, and babalawo Pierre Fátúmbí Verger (1902-1996) studied the traffic and relationships between the cultures of the African Diaspora and those of West Africa. In 1948 Verger made 257 images during an eight-day trip through Suriname. Willem de Rooij's installation Pierre Verger in Suriname, which was produced by Portikus in Frankfurt am Main and premiered there in November 2020, connects the spectator and these images by means of a viewing device.

Willem de Rooij

Willem de Rooij

€45.00