Word: tribally
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...very strong in three areas: surrealism (it has perhaps the best Magrittes of any museum in the world), archaic Mediterranean objects and African tribal art. But everywhere in the collection one encounters images, large and small, whose intensity comes fairly burning out of the vitrine or off the wall, from a horrendous stone Celtic effigy of the Tarasque, or earth demon, to a gold Byzantine reliquary in the form of a miniature sarcophagus. Their vividness is helped by the subtle and often witty installation carried out by the Menil's director, Walter Hopps. It is not "systematic," presenting objects...
...Tribal Assets Management...
...they were premature; dust devils of argument spun through art magazines, scattering the ashes. Though no prophecy could have proved less correct -- painting has filled the horizon of American art in the '80s, almost to the point of monopoly -- a young artist needed cussedness and conviction to reject the tribal wisdom...
...pushed toward the contentiousness of majority rule, without most of the rights that go with it. In 1924 Congress granted citizenship and the vote to all Indians. But it was not until 1968 that Congress extended guarantees of free speech and due process to Indians on reservations, ensuring that tribal custom did not preclude constitutional rights. The Reagan Administration has been dealing with the tribes on a government-to-gover nment basis in a reaffirmation of Indian sovereignty. Despite recent moves toward greater economic development and self-government, in many respects the Indians remain an occupied nation. The suffering...
Leaders in Africa, confronted by tribal rivalries and the constant threat of coups, have taken far greater pains to stay in power than to preserve democratic rights. Troublesome constitutions are usually ignored or tailored to suit. "If anyone speaks to you about a multiparty political system, catch him and hit him hard," declared Gabon President Albert-Bernard (Omar) Bongo in a widely quoted 1983 speech. At least 28 of the continent's 53 states have only one political party, and 27 African nations are under military rule. Countries ranging from Guinea in West Africa to Somalia in the east have...