passionate, serious aura attends this place. The public
spaces, halls and stairways, function as a gallery, with
pockets of privacy off the main thoroughfares.
As one climbs the stairs to the second floor skylit landing,
one finds oneself standing before a magnificent shield
from Papua New Guinea, inscribed with a face. As one
proceeds, one encounters, seriatim, a huge canvas, a
modern still life of fruits and vegetables against a black
background, a black marble nude sculpture, and a
towering totemic figure, also from Papua New Guinea. In
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