Front cover of New African Masquerades: Artistic Innovations and Collaborations. A Kimi mask dancing in Nasso, Burkina Faso, April 22 2015 (headpiece carved by David Sanou in the studio of André Sanou). Photo by Lisa Homann.
Selections from the introduction to New African Masquerades: Artistic Innovations and Collaborations, the companion catalog to the special exhibition on view at NOMA until August 10, are now available for free online.
Featured in this excerpt are the sections “Framing New African Masquerades,” “Method and Transparency,” “Implications and Tensions,” and the beginning portion of the “Reader’s Road Map” for the entire catalogue.
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