Masquerade: The Mask as ArtMasks have always been more than simple disguise. They are a part of the alchemy that turns the secular world into the sacred, the mundane into the magical. In festivals and holidays around the world, they elevate humans into the realm of the gods, or, at Halloween, they transform children into demons or witches. From ancient rituals to costume parties, masks exude a power that is magical and evocative. Masquerade is a gallery of sixty-four original masks created by eminent contemporary artists at the request of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Included here are masks by such noted artists as Robert Arneson, Red Grooms, Larry Rivers, Betye Saar, Masami Teraoka, Tom Wesselmann, and William T. Wiley. Beautifully and elegantly reproduced in this special volume, these works of art will delight readers with their diversity and originality. |
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1992 unique cast 34 inches 4½ inches Collection acrylic Angeles County Museum Artists and Outsider Carol carved wood Collection of Elinor Collection of Joemy Collection of Lee Collection of Linda Collection of Marshall Collection of Neal Collection of Ron Collection of Terri contemporary art dated and titled dated on verso Elinor and Rubin Famous Maurice Mask foamcore found objects Italo Scanga Jerry Janger Joemy Wilson Jon Harvey Karel Appel LACMA Larry Rivers Lee and Lawrence Lee Mullican Linda and Jerry Marshall and Patricia Martin Puryear McCafferty Michael McMillen Modern Artists Museum of Art Nancy Lightstone Neal Krone numbers Outsider Art paper collage Parallel Visions Patricia Geller Peggy Sloves Phyllis Wayne recto edge Richard Robert Graham Mask Ron and Nancy Rubin Turner Schoonhoven signed and dated Sylvia Shap titled and dated titled on verso Tom Wesselmann Twentieth-Century Art unique cast bronze untitled Vito Acconci Wesselmann William Link wire X 4½ inches