Hi edric,
Following is the link for the ASSOCIATION DES AMIS DU MUSEE
BARBIER-MUELLER, the association who publishes the "Arts and Cultures"
magazine.
LINK:
"This luxury magazine offers the reader a wide range of interesting
topics: anthropological articles, findings from excavations,
theoretical reflections on what was previously labelled "tribal art".
This new magazine, of the finest graphic quality, is chiefly
illustrated with photographs of objects, photographs from the field,
and geographical maps."
http://www.barbier-mueller.ch/eng/friends.html
CONTACT INFO:
BARBIER-MUELLER MUSEUM OF GENEVA
Rue Jean-Calvin, 10
1204 Geneva
Tel. (022) 312 02 70
Fax (022) 312 01 90
E-mail: musee@barbier-mueller.ch
There have been three volumes published so far (Nos. 1, 2, & 3), No. 4
is not available yet. If you become a member of the museum, you will
receive the magazine as part of your membership.
"PRIVILEGES BESTOWED ON MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION
* Free entry to the Museum along with 8 guests,
* Free reception of the annual magazine "Arts & Cultures",
* 20% reduction on books co-edited by the Museum,
* 40% reduction on books edited by the Museum."
http://www.barbier-mueller.ch/eng/friends.html?#abonnements
The cost of membership is 80 swiss francs (or 50 swiss francs if you
are a student, about $36US).
"An annual publication, of high quality, entitled Arts and Cultures.
Antiquity, Africa, Oceania, Asia, Americas, it is co-edited by Adam
Biro for the French version and Vilo Publishing for the English
version. This magazine, printed in 8000 copies, is the organ of the
Friends of the Barbier-Mueller Museum Association. It is also
available in bookstores."
http://www.barbier-mueller.ch/eng/history3.html
FOR SALE:
No. 2:
356.[Mattet (L.) ed.] ARTS & CULTURES, antiquity, Africa, Oceania,
Asia, Americas, 210pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., maps, paperback,
Number 2, The Association of Friends of the Barbier-Mueller Museum,
Geneva, 2000. R292 (about US$38) Includes "Architecture and Statuary
of Zimbabwe" by Alain-Michel Boyer.
No. 1:
357.__________ ARTS & CULTURES, antiquity, Africa, Oceania, Asia,
Americas, 181pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., maps, paperback, Number
1, The Association of Friends of the Barbier-Mueller Museum, Geneva,
1999. R292 (about US$38)
Includes "A Masterpiece of Vodun Sculpture from Southern Benin" by
Suzanne Preston Blier.
Sold by:
Clarke's Bookshop catalogue (Cape Town, South Africa)
http://www.clarkesbooks.co.za/108/14-artarchi.html
No. 3:
12509GJ. Arts & Cultures, ARTS & CULTURES. A Magazine Dedicated to the
Arts of Antiquity, Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Americas. No. 3,
2002. 1977-2002 25th Anniversary of the Barbier-Mueller Museum. 2002,
Geneva, 320 pp + 66 color ad pp & 2 b/w ad pp, 223 color, 8 duo, 42
b/w, 1 dia, 33 line, 8 maps, 5 color maps, 1 table, biblio. 4to.
Includes an interview with Claude Lévi-Strauss and articles on Picasso
and Classical Antiquity, General Pitt-Rivers, Vinca Neolithic Art, the
Bulongic Baga, Ghana's Koma-Bulsa culture, forge bellows in Gabon,
Nias ceremonial sabres, the Bagobo of Southern Mindanao, a Sepik drum,
art of the Torres Strait, and Maori treasure boxes. $25.
Sold by:
OAN Books (NYC):
http://www.oanbooks.com/NewGen.html
Additional Link:
Books From and About Africa:
http://www.africabookcentre.com/
I hope this helps. If you have any questions, please post a
clarification request before rating my answer.
Thank you,
hummer
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