Disguise : masks and global African art /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	McClusky, Pamela, author.
Imprint:	Seattle : Seattle Art Museum ; New Haven ; London : in association with Yale University Press, [2015] ©2015
Description:	103 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Seattle Art Museum -- Exhibitions. Fowler Museum at UCLA -- Exhibitions. Brooklyn Museum -- Exhibitions. Brooklyn Museum. Fowler Museum at UCLA. Seattle Art Museum. Masks in art -- Exhibitions. Disguise in art -- Exhibitions. Art, Modern -- 21st century -- African influences -- Exhibitions. Masks, African -- Exhibitions. Masks -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- Exhibitions. Art, Modern -- African influences. Disguise in art. Masks. Masks, African. Masks in art. Washington (State) -- Seattle. Exhibition catalogs.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10337817

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Other authors / contributors:	Massaquoi, Erika Dalya, author. Seattle Art Museum, issuing body, host institution. Fowler Museum at UCLA, host institution. Brooklyn Museum, host institution.
ISBN:	9780300208740 030020874X
Notes:	"This book has been published in conjunction with the exhibition Disguise: Masks and Global African Art. Seattle Art Museum: June 18-September 7, 2015; Fowler Museum at UCLA: October 18, 2015-March 13, 2016; Brooklyn Museum: April 29-September 18, 2016. The exhibition was organized by the Seattle Art Museum"--Colophon. Includes bibliographical references (pages 91-92).
Summary:	"African masks changed the face of modern art in the early twentieth century. Today, a century later, young artists are again looking at masks in museums for inspiration. In this era of innovation, when digital culture is upending our visual framework, artists are reinventing form in an ever-expanding choice of mediums. With Disguise: Masks and Global African Art, the Seattle Art Museum's renowned collection of masks has become a catalyst for artists, encouraging them to present fresh visions of masquerade and of the shared instinct to hide from ourselves and from each other"--

Table of Contents:

Director's foreword
Introduction / Pamela McClusky
Disguise : art, artists, and their words. Sam Vernon ; Emeka Ogboh ; Brendan Fernandes ; Nandipha Mntambo ; Walter Oltmann ; Wura-Natasha Ogunji ; Zina Saro-Wiwa ; Saya Woolfalk ; Jacolby Satterwhite ; Jakob Dwight
Disguise in contemporary context : interview with Erika Dalya Massaquoi
Disguise : how the masquerade takes shape / Pamela McClusky
Meet me where the masks are alive and the spirits roam free / Pamela McClusky
Sources and suggested reading
Checklist of the exhibition
Acknowledgments.

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