Mythical Star Throwers, Celestial Bodies and Darkness at the Smithsonian

THE NEW YORK TIMES
By Holland Cotter

Gavin Jantjes’s painting of mythical star throwers is in
“African Cosmos: Stellar Arts,” at the National Museum of African Art in Washington.

WASHINGTON, DC---“African Cosmos: Stellar Arts” at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art here, an exhibition packed with celestial bodies and patches of darkness sending forth light, invites comparable responses. Broadly it’s a show about the extent and persistence of cosmological consciousness in art, old and new, from the African continent. It’s also a bold demonstration of a more specific reality: In Africa art and science, including astronomy, have always intersected. [link]

Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art: "African Cosmos: Stellar Arts," (Ends Dec. 9), 950 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, (202) 633-4600, africa.si.edu.