Ed Moses

Ed Moses is an abstract artist known for his inventive paint application and diverse body of predominantly abstract and non-objective art. In Conversations, Ed Moses explores the spiritual power of African and New Guinea totems and how/if that power changes when these objects are stored behind the scenes of the Museum.

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W. Warner Wood

W. Warner Wood is a Curator of Latin American Anthropology, and specializes in Latin American culture with a focus on indigenous Mexican material culture and identity, globalization, and tourism.

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Anthropology

For Conversations, Ed Moses created Bound and Gagged, a piece employing a variety of 20th century wood statues from West Africa and New Guinea.

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