EARTH MATTERS

Earth Matters: Land as Material and Metaphor in the Arts of AfricaFeaturing more than 100 extraordinary works of art from 1800 to the present, 'Earth Matters' reveals how African individuals and communities have visually mediated their most poignant relationships with the land - whether it be to earth as a sacred or medicinal material, as something uncovered by mining or claimed by burial, as a surface to be interpreted and turned to for inspiration, or as an environment to be protected. Karen E. Milbourne is curator at the National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Formerly she was associate curator at the Baltimore Museum of Art, and assistant professor at the University of Kentucky. She has contributed to "African Cosmos: Stellar Arts "(The Monacelli Press, 2012).Product Dimensions: 24.9 x 3.1 x 28.7 cm