Regula Tschumi
Regula Tschumi (born 1957) is a Swiss ethnologist and art historian.
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Regula Tschumi has spent time in East, West and South Africa, researching into contemporary African art.[1] In 2006 she published a standard work on the figurative coffins of the Ga people.[2] In this book she traces the origins of these coffins in the art and religion of the Ga, and questions for the first time the hitherto accepted history of their evolution. In the course of this research Regula Tschumi discovered the coffin-artist Ataa Oko, born 1919, from La, in Ghana. Ataa Oko was making figurative coffins as long ago as 1945, that is to say, before Kane Kwei, who is attributed in older literature with having created these coffins for the burial rituals of the Ga.[3] Regula Tschumi has taken part in various exhibition projects in leading museums,[4] when she worked with the coffin-artists Paa Joe, Ataa Oko and Kudjoe Affutu among others.
Publications
- 2010. The Deathbead of a Living Man. A Coffin for the Centre Pompidou, in: Saâdane Afif (ed.), "Anthologie de l'humour noir", Paris: Editions Centre Pompidou, p. 56-61.
- 2010. Ataa Oko et le langage formel des Ga in: Collection de l'Art Brut (Hg.), Ataa Oko. Exhibition catalogue. Lausanne, Gollion: lnfolio
- 2008. The Buried Treasures of the Ga: Coffin Art in Ghana. Benteli, Bern. ISBN 978-3-7165-1520-4. French: 2011. Les trésors enterrés des Ga. L’art des cercueils au Ghana. Regula Tschumi. Bern. Benteli. ISBN 978-3-7165-1663-8. German: 2006. Die vergrabenen Schätze der Ga. Sarg-Kunst aus Ghana Benteli, Bern. ISBN 978-3-7165-1413-9
- 2006 "Last Respects, First Honoured. Ghanaian Burial Rituals and Figural Coffins" in: Kunstmuseum Bern (ed.), Six Feet Under. Autopsy of Our Relation to the Dead. Ex.-Cat. Bielefeld, Leipzig: Kerber, p.114-125.
- 2004. A Report on Paa Joe and the Proverbial Coffins of Teshie and Nungua, Ghana in: Africa e Mediterraneo, Nr. 47-48, S. 44-47.
- 2003. "With a keener eye". Kay Hassan in Johannesburg by Regula Tschumi in: Kunsthalle Bern (ed.), Kay Hassan. exhibition-cat. Bern.
Film and Video
- 2011. Photo documentation in the People and Possession Gallery, National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh.
- 2009-10. Photo documentation in the Living and Dying Gallery, British Museum London from: "Die vergrabenen Schätze der Ga", 2006.
- 2009. Ghana. Sépulture sur mesure. Film by Philippe Lespinasse. Grand Angle Production. Photo- and video-archive by Regula Tschumi.
- 2009. Ataa Oko and the Spirits, Philippe Lespinasse, Andress Alvarez, Regula Tschumi, Lausanne/Le Tourne, Parti de l’Art Brut/LoKomotiv Films, 30 min, OF English subtitled.
- 2009. Photo- and video-archive: Ghana. Sépulture sur mesure. A film by Philippe Lespinasse. Grand Angle Production.
External links
Gallery
References
- ^ With a keener eye. 2003. Kay Hassan in Johannesburg by Regula Tschumi in: Kunsthalle Bern (ed.), Kay Hassan. exhibition-cat. Bern.
- ^ The Buried Treasures of the Ga: Coffin Art in Ghana. Benteli, Bern 2008. GermanDie vergrabenen Schätze der Ga. Sarg-Kunst aus Ghana. 2006. French: Les trésors enterrés des Ga. L’art des cercueils au Ghana. 2011.
- ^ Roberta Bonetti, Alternate Histories of the Abebuu Adekai, African Arts, autumn 2010, p. 14-33: Roberta Bonetti reached the same conclusion as Regula Tschumi. She actually considers the well-known stories about the origin of the figure-coffins to have been invented: „[...] We have seen how the same criteria of authenticity that were fundamental in documenting the uniqueness and truthfulness of ancient works have been adopted for recent coffins. The proof is provided by the presumed origin of the work, which has become even more precious and exceptional ever since the death of its „invented“ inventor, Kane Kwei“.
- ^ Centre Pompidou Paris, Kunstmusuem Bern, Deutsches Hygienemuseum Dresden, Nouveau Musée National de Monaco, British Museum London, Museum Jean Tinguely Basel, Collection de L’Art Brut Lausanne
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