Catalog of an exhibition held at the Menil Collection, Houston, Tex., May 6-Aug. 28, 2011, and Sainsbury Centre for the Visual Arts, Norwich, England, Sept. 27-Dec. 11, 2011.
Acknowledgments/ Josef Helfenstein
Serendipitous beginnings: Maro and Othello in the Menil Collection / Kristina Van Dyke
Introduction / Virginia Lee-Webb
Lake Sentani art: connecting ancestors and descendants, chiefs and community / Dirk Schmidt
Exploring the Lake: Sentani art in Dutch collections / David van Duuren
It was like Paradise: Paul Wirz at Lake Sentani and Humboldt Bay / Andrea E. Schmidt
Jacques Viot and the enchanted castle / Phillippe Peltier
Paintings past, present, and future: Maro from Lake Sentani and Humboldt Bay / Anna-Karina Hermkens
Sentani art and artists today: reflections from Agus Ongge, Ferri Kaigere, and Martha Ohee / Anna-Karina Hermkens and Muridan Widjojo
Catalogue entries / Virginia-Lee Webb
Selected bibliography
Index
Credits.
Ancestors of the Lake : art of Lake Sentani and Humboldt Bay, New Guinea by Menil Collection. ISBN 9780300166101. Published by Menil Collection in 2011. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.