Exhibition "Patong" at the Gottardo Gallery

From May 23rd to August 25th, The Gottardo Gallery in Lugano houses the exhibition "Patong". The patong are the big sculptures of the native people in the Borneo island (the dayak). Sculptures represent ancestors, priests, spirits, anthropomorphic and zoomorphic motives. Some of them were created purposefully for housing the spirit of a deceased person. The dayak believe that each human being has two souls: one that dies with the body and one that remains for a while near the deceased before heading for the House of the Souls.
All the sculptures are part of the collection Serge Brignoni, at The Museum of Cultures in Lugano. This exhibition is part of a project of collaboration between the Museum and the Gallery, which has in plan the organisation of several other exhibitions in the following 3-4 years.