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Batak Sculpture

Bruce Carpenter, Achim Sibeth

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300 x 260 mm — 368 pages — 60
ISBN : 978-9-81415-585-4
  • Featuring an extensive and never-before-published collection of Batak sculptural pieces including: magic staffs, medicine horns, medicine containers, wooden ancestor statues, stone sculptures, architectural sculptures, lutes, weapons, metal sculptures, masks, animal sculptures and other heirloom objects.
  • Informative text with the latest insights and information on Batak culture and sculpture from academic and art circles.

The art of the Batak tribes of the mountains of northern Sumatra has been admired by collectors and scholars since the 19th century. However, only a limited number of pieces have been published over the years. This lavishly illustrated book, which includes literally hundreds of previously unpublished masterpieces of Batak sculpture from the Delta Collection, has changed that forever. This volume is enriched by insightful information from Achim Sibeth, one of the world’s leading experts of Batak culture and art. A visual tour de force, this book is a milestone in publications on Southeast Asian and Indonesian tribal arts.

Bruce Carpenter

A student of art history and fluent in four languages, Carpenter has been a resident of Bali since the early 1970s when he arrived from Europe as an aspiring young artist. Inspired by Indonesian and Balinese art, he has authored and co-authored more than twenty books and scores of articles on the archipelago’s art, history and culture including W.O.J. Nieuwenkamp: The First European Artist in BaliBatak SculptureNias SculptureGold Jewellery of the Indonesian Archipelago; and Lempad of Bali. In 1996 he founded and curated the non-profit Ganesha Gallery at the Four Seasons Resort in Jimbaran. Dedicated to young Indonesian and Balinese artists it would mount more than 200 exhibitions in close to twenty years. He has collaborated with numerous noted scholars over the years.  He is currently working on two book projects on Indonesian tribal art.

Achim Sibeth

Achim Sibeth pursued art history and cultural anthropology at the University of Freiburg, where he developed an interest in Indonesian culture, especially that of the Batak, Javanese and Ngadha of Central Flores. A prolific scholar, he has done extensive fieldwork in Indonesia, and written several important books on its art and culture. Notably, he is well-respected for his expertise on Batak art and sculpture. He has also organised acclaimed exhibitions of traditional and contemporary Indonesian art. He has held the position of curator at the well-known Linden Museum in Stuttgart, and is now with Frankfurt’s World Museum.

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