Parcours à travers les Himalayas, cet ouvrage est centré sur l'art tribal. Dernier des arts primitifs découvert, il pourrait s'avérer premier entre rous; il fascine et déroute par son originalité et sa force créatrice. La statuaire, révéler tardivement, marginale dans les collections et tenue à l'écart des grandes expositions, en donne ici la preuve. Confronté seul à sa volonté de créer, le sculpteur himalayen a inventé des formules scripturales uniques, démiurgiques ou autogénérées par son dialogue avec la cration. Ces oeuvres dépassent de loin leur identité ethnique, leur âge ou leur fonction, difficiles à déterminer. Elles portent le vivant témoignage du caractère inspiré dont se réclament leurs auteurs et sollicitent notre aptitude à la percevoir malgré le voile de nos filtres culturels.

This book focuses on  the tribal art of a region spanning the entire Himalayas. This art, the last of the primitive arts to be discovered thus far, is perhaps of prime importance ; it fascinates with its originality and creative force. The sculptures, which have come to light only recently, existed marginally in collections, and for various reasons were held off at distance in large exhibitions. They give thereby a proof of evidence. The Himalayan tribal sculptor, alone with his creative urges, invented his own unique formulas, demiurge or self-generated by the quality of his dialogue with the world. Such works transcend their ethnic identityt, their age or their function - factors which in any case are often difficult to determine. They stand as vivid testimonials to the inspiration of their creators. They challenge us to perceive their quality, as we look at them through the veil of our own culture and assumptions.