{"product_id":"paris-primitive-jacques-chiracs-museum-on-the-quai-branly-9780226680705","title":"Paris Primitive: Jacques Chirac's Museum on the Quai Branly","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1990 Jacques Chirac  the future president of France and a passionate fan of non-European art  met Jacques Kerchache  a maverick art collector with the lifelong ambition of displaying African sculpture in the holy temple of French culture  the Louvre. Together they began laying plans  and ten years later African fetishes were on view under the same roof as the Mona Lisa. Then  in 2006  amidst a maelstrom of controversy and hype  Chirac presided over the opening of a new museum dedicated to primitive art in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower: the Muse du Quai Branly.  Paris Primitive recounts the massive reconfiguration of Pariss museum world that resulted from Chiracs dream  set against a backdrop of personal and national politics  intellectual life  and the role of culture in French society. Along with exposing the machinations that led to the MQBs creation  Sally Price addresses the thorny questions it raises about the legacy of colonialism  the balance between aesthetic judgments and ethnographic context  and the role of institutions of art and culture in an increasingly diverse France. Anyone with a stake in the myriad political  cultural  and anthropological issues raised by the MQB will find Prices account fascinating.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45646996471861,"sku":"ByrdShop_0226680703","price":25.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/paris-primitive-jacques-chiracs-museum-on-the-quai-branly-9780226680705","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}