Special Exhibition Tour: New African Masquerades
Enjoy a guided tour of the San Antonio Museum of Art’s special exhibition New African Masquerades: Artistic Innovations and Collaborations.
New African Masquerades presents the work of four artists working today in four different regions of West Africa, including thirteen masquerade ensembles made from materials including wood, cloth, fabric, sequins, raffia, beads, feathers, and shells. To upend the idea of the “anonymous African artist,” the exhibition recounts in-depth stories about the lives, motivations, and ideas of each of the four participating masquerade makers.
San Antonio Museum of Art (great_hall)Great Hall
Ticket Price: Free with Museum admission
Ticket Price Members: Free
Enjoy a guided tour of the San Antonio Museum of Art’s special exhibition New African Masquerades: Artistic Innovations and Collaborations.
New African Masquerades presents the work of four artists working today in four different regions of West Africa, including thirteen masquerade ensembles made from materials including wood, cloth, fabric, sequins, raffia, beads, feathers, and shells. To upend the idea of the “anonymous African artist,” the exhibition recounts in-depth stories about the lives, motivations, and ideas of each of the four participating masquerade makers.
Kimi masquerade ensemble in honor of André Sanou’s Qui Dit Mieux?, 2022 (headpiece by David Sanou in the studio of André Sanou; the maker of the body requests anonymity). Collection of the Fitchburg Art Museum. Photo courtesy of the New Orleans Museum of Art.
