Sensational Kuba Exhibition On Display at the Neuberger Museum of Art

More than 200 people attended the opening reception for “Kuba Textiles: Geometry in Form, Space, and Time” at the Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, SUNY, on February 28. In the present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Kuba peoples are renowned for their cut-pile raffia cloths. Characterized by resplendent surface elaboration, these garments are detailed and complex like other Kuba decorative arts, a feature found in no other African kingdom. Remarkable not only for their beauty but also for their large scale, they are worn on special occasions by men and women, and display the status of the wearer. Marie-Therese Brincard, curator, presented a talk on the Kuba people and the extraordinary textiles they’ve produced, that are now on view in this historic exhibition, organized by the Museum, through June 28, 2015.

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1) Josh Sessler, Phyllis Belkin, and Marvin Cooper, all of Pleasantville.

2) Tracy Fitzpatrick, Director of the Neuberger Museum of Art, of Riverdale; Marie-Therese Brincard, Curator of the Kuba Exhibition, Neuberger Museum of Art; and Christine Giuntini, Conservator for the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, both of New York City.

3) David Lantz of New York City; Marvin Cooper of Pleasantville; Paul Zukowsky, Armonk; Marie-Therese Brincard, curator of the Kuba Exhibition, Neuberger Museum of Art, New York City.

4) Johanna Cooper of Pleasantville; Ava Zukowsky of Armonk

5) Beverly Birks of New York City; Marc Calcoen, Consul General of Belgium; Miek Calcoen of Belgium; Dr. Waltraud Dennhardt-Herzog, Deputy Consul General of Austria; Dr. Verena Traeger, University of Vienna; Marie-Therese Brincard, Curator, Kuba Exhibition, Neuberger Museum of Art; Wanda Traeger and Joachim Dennhardt, both of New York City.

6) Helen Stambler Neuberger of Cortlandt Manor, Andres Moraga of San Francisco.

7) Aileen Ganz of Rye Brook and Ava Zukowsky of Armonk.

8) Gail Martin of New York City; Beverly Birks, New York City; Andres Moraga of San Francisco; Patrice Giasson, Associate Curator, Neuberger Museum of Art; Jim Neuberger, Cortlandt Manor.

9) Barry Pearson, Provost, Purchase College, SUNY, of White Plains; Dr. Verena Traeger, University of Vienna

10) Ava Zukowsky of Armonk; Helen Stambler Neuberger, Cortlandt Manor; Aileen Ganz of Rye Brook; Carol Gillette of White Plains

11) Helen Stambler Neuberger of Cortlandt Manor; Rachel Stern of Purchase; James and Susan Dubin of Harrison.

12) Aileen and David Ganz of Rye Brook.

13) The Harvard Club of Westchester takes in the Kuba Exhibition at the Neuberger Museum of Art