The exhibition explores the contemporary issues surrounding the relationship between hallucinatory images and iconographic production, using ayahuasca as a case study. While ayahuasca - literally "liana of the dead" in Quechua - has fascinated the Western world for only half a century since its popularization by the Beat Generation, this hallucinogenic beverage occupies a central place in...
The exhibition explores the contemporary issues surrounding the relationship between hallucinatory images and iconographic production, using ayahuasca as a case study. While ayahuasca - literally "liana of the dead" in Quechua - has fascinated the Western world for only half a century since its popularization by the Beat Generation, this hallucinogenic beverage occupies a central place in the social life of many indigenous societies in the Western Amazon. The exhibition presents a panorama of the various contemporary representations of these ayahuasca-induced "visionary images".
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Musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac
Suspended on a series of pillars, the Musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac features a vertical garden on the Seine side and enormous multicolored blocks on another. And once inside the grounds, the horizontal garden is full of birds and plants, walkways and paths.
Inside the museum, it's an anthropological journey around the world via art and artifacts. The permanent collection reaches back as far as the Neolithic period, and spans Oceania, Asia, Africa and the America.
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Wednesday | 10:30 - 19:00 |
Thursday | 10:30 - 22:00 |
Friday | 10:30 - 19:00 |
Saturday | 10:30 - 19:00 |
Sunday | 10:30 - 19:00 |
Monday | 10:30 - 19:00 |
Tuesday | 10:30 - 19:00 |