“History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illumines reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life, and brings us tidings of antiquity.”
Marcus Tullis Cicero
Ancient Roman Lawyer, Writer, Scholar, Orator and Stateman
106 BC 43 BC
Museum exhibitions such as this one about ancient Egyptian artefacts are great wealth of visual information, not only for artists but the general population as a whole. The decorations on everyday utensils, clothing and fashion accessories are really wonderful to see.
The large sculptures of long ago important beings such as Anthropoid Coffin Lid of Ibi are inspiring because of the sophistication of craft, due to the designs with the object, the shapes and how the hieroglyphics all manifest themselves as a unified vision.
Other antiquities onshow that reflect a modernity which could easily be exhibited within any modern art gallery now is the Family group statue and another similar object Pair statue of two women, these two statues specifically remind one of Picasso’s painting of Women Running on the Beach c.1922
There is so many interesting objects within this Egyption exhibition ranging from tweezers, to rolls of cloth, ornamental jewellery and a boat to the afterlife and it’s a great luxury to examine these artworks plus vitally necessary for populations to expand their learning curves on the arts from long ago. As for artists it’s a wealth of visual information to move out from and create interesting artworks through the cross fertilizing of ancient and ideas in the now.
This is a very interesting show and well worth going to view, for exhibitions such as this one are not everyday occurrences ,so take advantage of it whilst you can at the Kobe Museum.
