Inscribing Meaning: Writing and Graphic Systems in African Art August 11, 2007

This is the first comprehensive exhibition to address the interface between African art and the communicative power of graphic systems, language and the written word. Approximately 80 works, dating from ancient to modern times, represent the ingenuity and creativity of African artists who incorporate script and graphic forms of communication into a wide range of artworks, including everyday and ritual objects, religious painting, talismans, leadership arts, popular arts and photography.