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EXOTA!

Kunsthal Rotterdam 22, 23 & 24 September , Netherlands.

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EXOTA! - Colourful World of Art, Interior & Design presents a vibrant mix of world cultures in a tasteful event. A unique art fair spiced with lectures, music, exotic food and drinks. Galleries, art dealers and artists present the best from Africa, Asia and Latin-America. EXOTA! fine art for nice people!

About thirty national and international participants will expose their collection of ethnographic and tribal art during EXOTA! Amongst others, Chinese furniture, Oriental jewellery by René van der Star, African objects by Kathy van der Pas/ Steven van der Raadt, and a for the market highly new particular collection from the Pacific Ocean by Galerie Delta. Furthermore, Indian textile, ceramic from Thailand, antique carpets and contemporary art and photography from China is to been seen.

official site: www.kunsthal.nl

The first edition from the Exota Fair was from a quite high level, some of the best Dutch dealers like Anuschka Menist, JB Bedaux or Kathy van der Pas/ Steven van der Raadt participated .

See some images of the event :

At Bedaux Art stand

IMG_2118.JPG (729928 bytes) Delta-New-Ireland1.jpg (61214 bytes) Location of New Ireland Province in Papua New Guinea

At Galerie Delta we saw a very nice private collection not for sale Malangan wood carvings and masks from New Ireland ( it is a small province from Papua New Guinea). The little girl is my daughter Zazie.

Location of New Ireland

Probably the most famous cultural system of New Ireland is "Malagan", a Nalik word for an ancient and revered set of practices and ceremonies practised throughout much of the main island, though abandoned during World War II because of the difficulty of providing the considerable investment of resources the rites and ceremonies required.

A fine Yoruba drum catches my eye at Steven van der Raadt. A really impressive old piece with blood offerings.