Disguise: Masks & Global African Art
June 18 — September 7 2015
Seattle Art Museum
Simonyl Special Exhibition Galleries
October 18 2015 — March 13, 2016
Fowler Museum at UCLA
April 29 2016 — September 18, 2016
Brooklyn Museum
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Disguise: Masks & Global African Art
Touring exhibition Disguise: Masks and Global African Art creates a 21st century masquerade
Disguise represents a genre that allows artists to conceal, or amplify, one identity so they can shape-shift and communicate about other realities. What isn’t easily conveyed in conventional illustrations or spoken about in normal exchanges becomes the focus of their attention. You’ll see many tactical cover-ups: masks, performances, costumes, illusions, and props, all employed to reach other versions of reality and, perhaps, the hidden dimensions of our lives.
