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We (Paperback)
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We (Paperback)
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Exploring the masks of an African culture that were one of
Picasso's primary influences. The We, whose name means 'men who
easily forgive', live in the forests along the western border of
the Ivory Coast. Theirs is regarded as a mask culture, as opposed
to other societies that have none (such as the Ashanti in Ghana).
The bold, striking sculpture on these masks ensured they would be
among the first examples of African art to captivate Cubist artists
in the West. These eye-opening, exuberant, phantasmagorical masks
are astonishingly diverse and display a dazzling compositional
inventiveness. They clearly also influenced the art of neighbouring
peoples, to the extent that, far from being isolated in a remote
corner of the jungle, this art has been identified as the keystone,
the pivot around which all the art of the area revolves giving the
lie to the notion that the lines drawn on maps by colonisers have
any effect on the process of artistic creation. To which should be
added a further crucial point: it is no exaggeration to speak of a
mask culture, so abundant are they in each village, with a part to
play in all community activities (legal, mystical, agricultural . .
. ) and a role in all the stages of life. The nature of this
dynamic, mobile art is completely different from the art of other
peoples, where form suggests meaning and reveals the impact and the
type of ceremony it is associated with; in the case of the We
masks, form is never an indicator of category.
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