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Museum of Fine Arts (Saint Petersburg, Fla.)
An exploration of contemporary African masquerade that reveals its cultural contexts, artistic innovations, and intersection with museum collection practices. By placing masquerade at the forefront of contemporary African art, this volume shows how masquerade is a dynamic and urban phenomenon shaped by shifting global concerns. Essays examine the lack of institutional recognition offered to present-day masquerade artists and the methods used to curate masquerade art at the museum level. An international group of scholars and artists explore the motivations and creative decisions of masquerade artists, highlighting their stories and providing a nuanced understanding of masquerade as a contemporary expression of human experience. This lavishly illustrated study includes more than 150 images, artist's biographies, in-depth analyses of masquerade ensembles in relation to themes of collaboration, economics, and meaning, and a discussion of the methodologies for ethically commissioning and acquiring masquerade art.
Forewords / Susan M. Taylor, Amanda M. Maples and Mohamed Abdallah Ly -- Introduction / Jordan A. Fenton, Lisa Homann, and Amanda M. Maples -- 1. Artist biographies. Meet Hervé Youmbi / Hervé Youmbi -- Meet Chief Ekpenyong Bassey Nsa / Jordan A. Fenton -- Meet David Sanou / Lisa Homann -- Meet Sheku 'Goldenfinger' Fofanah / Amanda M. Maples, with Sheku Fofanah (and Alpha Kanu). -- 2. Ethics and methodology of commissions. Ethics and Methodology of Commissions: On Working with Master Artists and Community Partners / Hervé Youmbi -- "I Do this Only Because of You": Context, Commissioning, and Care when Working with Living African Artists / Jordan A. Fenton -- "It is Not Permitted": Commissioning Masquerade Ensembles for Audiences Abroad / Lisa Homann -- Re-Facing Objects: On the Ethics and Mobilities of Sierra Leone Masquerade / Amanda M. Maples. -- 3. Contemporary Masquerade Ensembles. Collaborations: Visages de masques VI, VII, IX / Hervé Youmbi -- Art and Economics Interwoven: Contemporary Masquerades by Chief Ekpenyong Bassey Nsa / Jordan A. Fenton -- Innovating and Recalibrating Masquerade Practice: David Sanou in the Studio of André Sanou / Lisa Homann -- Mobility: On Freetown Masquerades and the Newness of Now / Amanda M. Maples. -- 4. Institutional partnerships. Masquerades in Casamance and Eastern Senegal: Sharing Senegalese Heritage through Museum Partnerships / Aimé Kantoussan -- Masquerades Endure: The Case of Sierra Leone and a Partnership with the Ministry of Tourism and Cultural Affairs / Ishmeal Abu Kamara. -- 5. Potential ramifications. Ethical Stewardship of African Art Collections in North American Museums / Ndubuisi C. Ezeluomba -- Dancing Over Boundaries: Performing New African Masquerades at the National Museum of African Art / Kevin D. Dumouchelle.
Jordan A. Fenton, Lisa Homann, Amanda M. Maples, and Hervé Youmbi ; edited by Amanda M. Maples, with Jordan A. Fenton and Lisa Homann ; with contributions by Kevin D. Dumouchelle, Ndubuisi C. Ezeluomba, Ishmeal A. Kamara, and Aimé Kantoussan.
Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same title, held at the New Orleans Museum of Art, April 4-August 10, 2025; Frist Art Museum, October 10, 2025-January 4, 2026; Museum of Fine Arts, St. Peterburg, mid-September, 2026-January 2027; and the National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, February 19-September 26, 2027.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 254-257) and index.