In this combined lecture, Dr. Alex Rich explains the source of two concurrent exhibits at the Polk Museum of Art. Spirits: Ritual and Ceremonial African and Oceanic Art from the Dr. Alan and Linda Rich Collection in one gallery and Global Art of the 1970s: From the SC Johnson Collection in another gallery.
In this combined lecture, Dr. Alex Rich explains the source of two concurrent exhibits at the Polk Museum of Art. Spirits: Ritual and Ceremonial African and Oceanic Art from the Dr. Alan and Linda Rich Collection in one gallery and Global Art of the 1970s: From the SC Johnson Collection in another gallery.
This exhibition is an examination of the spiritual objects themselves and their places within the cultures they come from and a story about the humanitarian work the Riches undertook in the process of acquiring the objects. The two histories are tied together intricately.
The Ashley Gibson Barnett Museum of Art at Florida Southern College in Lakeland, Florida
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