BOUTTIAUX (Anne-Marie). Persona. Masques d'Afrique : identités cachées et révélées. Photographies de Frédéric Dehaen. Milan, 5 Continents ; Tervuren, Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale, 2009, 4°, 303 p., très nombr. ill. coul., br. Based on...
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an exhibition of 180 masks - more than 100 from the outstanding collection at the Royal Museum of Central Africa of Tervuren - and works by contemporary African artists, this extraordinary book offers a new interpretation of the mask as the universal object that both hides and reveals. Beautifully designed, Persona presents masks organized by their usage, the dances, and rituals they serve and the belief system they display. The contemporary works, selected for their artistry, formal boldness, and intrinsic message, arouse a similar aesthetic response, but serve a different function from the ritual masks.
