Masks – from Carpeaux to Picasso Exhibition August 6, 2009

Masks – from Carpeaux to Picasso
7 August - 1 November 2009

New special exhibition that presents masks both seductive and menacing by some of the greatest artists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Masks have always fascinated people. From ancient cultures of the West, by way of Japanese civilizations to so-called “primitive” peoples. Since the dawn of time, the human being, at one point or another, has had masks as a permanent part of its register of cultural expression.
This exhibition reveals the span in terms of geography and time of the phenomenon of the mask: from an image to terrify to caricature, and from religious cult to erotic games.

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