‘Schizophrenic Melancholia’ by Kader Attia, 2018. In this sculptural work made of sheep horns, the artist elaborates on the relationship between contemporary medicine and traditional healing practices, in particular those that deal with mental illness. Attia’s research in this subject – a key subject for the artist – took him to Dakar, Senegal, where he witnessed an ancient healing ceremony called ‘Ndeup’, in which the horns of sacrificial goats and sheep form the centrepiece of a ritual that involves the whole community. According to the Lebu people, by the ceremony’s end these horns would hold all of the ‘bad energy’ that had been forced out of the afflicted individual during the ritual. #objet_d_emotion…#valerydemure#jewellery#fashionjewelry#finejewellery#contemporarydesign#jewelry#finejewelry#art#modernart#sculpture#luxury#objetdemotion#handmade#instagood#designerjewellery#fashionjewellery#fineart#jewellerycollector#jewelrycollector#preciousstone#diamonds#silver#abstractart#jewel#jewels#artisan#abstract#craftsmanship#gold