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Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art

08/29/2008 - 11/30/2008

Location: Gibbes Museum of Art
Address: 135 Meeting Street, Charleston South Carolina 29401
Phone: 843.722.2706
Web Site: http://www.gibbesmuseum.org


Featuring over two hundred objects, including baskets made in Africa and the American South, African sculptures, paintings from the Charleston Renaissance, historic photography, and new video, the exhibition traces the history of the coiled basket on two continents and shows how a simple farm tool once used for processing rice has become a work of art and an important symbol of African-American identity.

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