Mascarades et carnavals



2011
MASCERADES ET CARNEVALS - PARIS, MUSÉE DAPPER - Catalogue. Paris 2011/12. Einl. von Christiane Falgayrette-Leveau. 4to. 328 S. mit 250 meist farb., teils ganzseit. Abb. & 12 Karten, Bibliographie, Index, Ppbd. - Text in franz. Sprache.

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The "Year of French Overseas Departments and Territories" has provided the Musée Dapper with a unique opportunity to showcase African arts alongside Caribbean creativeness. This major event - the first of its kind - fits perfectly with our mission. Although they differ in several respects, masquerades and carnivals are both experienced as rituals and elicit the formation of communities. It is this aspect that the exhibition has chosen to highlight in our exhibition and the accompanying book. We will examine the key characteristics of mask-wearing and carnival practices, and discuss the symbolic/religious, societal, political and aesthetic issues they raise. The exhibits from Sub-Saharan Africa will consist mainly of a wide diversity of wooden face masks, where human features are frequently juxtaposed with references to the animal world. Many of these masks will be shown complete with their astonishing costumes made from fibres or feathers, as in the case of the carved mask from the Museum für Völkerkunde in Munich. Some of these costumes reflect highly original forms of expression involving the multilayering of colourful fabrics, the Yoruba egungun costume (Benin, Nigeria) being a particularly interesting example.

Titel zum Thema:
Ae-Afrika  Ae-Karibik  Ikono-Karneval  Xparis